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Social Studies Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| To change in order to make more useful, such as fitting ones way of living into a new environment | adapt |
| A layer of soil held together by the roots of grasses | sod |
| A law or set of laws | ordinance |
| A person who first settles a place | pioneer |
| A square section of land in the Northwest Territory measuring 6 miles on each side ; each township was divided into 36 smaller squares of land to be sold | township |
| To measure, especially land | survey |
| Land beyond the settled part of a country | frontier |
| Able to do everything for oneself , with no help from other people | self-sufficient |