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Unit 7
Cotton, Cattle, Railroads, and Closing the Texas Frontier
Term | Definition |
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subsistence farming | the practice of growing enough crops for one’s family group |
commercial agriculture | he practice of growing surplus crops to sell for profit |
vaqueros | Spanish term for cowboy |
urbanization | the process of increasing human settlement in cities |
settlement patterns | the spatial distribution of where human inhabit the Earth |
open range | public land that could be used by the public (usually for cattle) |
barbed wire | twisted wire with clusters of short, sharp spikes set at intervals along it, used to make fences |
stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
windmill | a structure with a circle of wood slats radiating from a horizontal shaft used to pump water from underground sources in West Texas and the Panhandle |
irrigation | the supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels |
textiles | a type of cloth or woven fabric |
ranches | a large farm, especially in the western US, where cattle or other animals are bred and raised |
Buffalo Soldiers | A member of one of the African-American regiments within the US Army after the Civil War, serving primarily in the Indian wars of the late 1860s |
innovation | the introduction of something new; a new idea, method or device |
technology | the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry; machinery and equipment developed from the application of scientific knowledge |