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SS Chapter 10
SS Chapter 10 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Chisholm Trail | one of the routes used for the cattle drives |
astronomers | scientists who study planets and stars |
Kitt Peak | where the world's largest solar telescope is used to study galaxies millions of miles away |
herding | raising large numbers of animals |
reservation | land set aside by the government for Native Americans |
ranchos | the Spanish word for ranch |
vaqueros | Native Americans, later Spanish-speaking colonists who rode horsed to herd cattle |
Francisco Coronado | a Spanish Conquistador who organized an army to search the Southwest for gold and silver |
sheep | a major source of food for the Navajo. They were also used for blankets and clothing. |
Anasazi | ancient Native Americans who built cities in canyon walls |
feedlots | large pens used to fatten up cattle |
Sun Belt | describes the part of our country that has a warm, sunny climate all year |
Window Rock | the Navajo capital |
railroads | on cattle drives, cowboys herded cattle north from Texas to these |
barbed wire | the invention that ended cattle drives |
air conditioners | this invention encouraged people to move to the Southwest by cooling hot buildings |
hogans | Navajo houses built out of short logs |
nuclear energy | energy that comes from splitting or joining parts of atoms. Scientists in New Mexico study this energy. |
Santa Fe | the capital of New Mexico |
Pueblo | Native Americans known for being "town" dwellers. They were also dry farming experts. |