Vocabulary for Social Studies
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Boom | Boom means economic growth spurt
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| Refinery | A factory that makes metal, fuel, and other material
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| Prospector | A person searching for gold, silver, or other mineral resources
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| Bust | Fast economic decline
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| Long Drive | Taking cattle 10 million miles north to the railroads
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| Homesteader | People who claimed homesteads
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| Open Range | Free grazing site/area
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| Reservation | An area of land designated to native americans
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| Free Enterprise | A business with little or no government control
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| Transcontinental Railroad | A railroad going around the continent
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| Entrepreneur | a person that sets up their own business
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| Petroleum | Another word for oil
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| Capital | Money needed to set up or improve a business
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| Human resource | Workers any ideas and skills the bring there jobs
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| New Immigration | Immigrants coming from north or south Europe
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| Old Immigrants | Immigrants coming from west Europe
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| Advertisement | A public announcement that tells people about a product or opportunity
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| Tenement | A poorly built apartment building
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| Prejudice | An unfair feeling of dislike or hate because of their background, race, or religion
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| Regulation | Controls
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