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Dust Bowl Vocab
Week 20 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| amok | behave uncontrollably and disruptively |
| shortgrass prairie | grass on the Southern Plains that stood about twelve inches |
| soddies | houses made of earth and grass |
| Enlarged Homestead Act | An act passed by Congress in 1909 which gave settlers 320 acres if they lived on the property for at least 3 years |
| panhandle | a piece of land that sticks out a bit like a handle of a pan |
| dusters | dust storms |
| abiotic | the non-living factors in an environment |
| biotic | all of the living parts of an ecosystem |
| crude | in a natural or raw state, built in a rough way |