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Social Studies Unit Iowa History

agriculture

• Producing crops for food. This includes food for animals as well as people.

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Dwelling

• This is a place where a family lives. When settlers came to Iowa they built houses out of logs.

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Settlers

• People who settle or move to another area. Many of the settlers that moved to Iowa came from the eastern United States.

Native Americans

• When the settlers moved to Iowa, there were already people living here called Native Americans. They helped the settlers learn how to live on the prairie.

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Maize

• Another name for corn. This was a very important piece of food for the settlers.

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Work

• There were many kinds of work the new settlers needed to do to survive.

• Blacksmith – bends metal to be used on the farm.

• Farmer – grows crops to sell• General Store owner – sells goods to settlers

to make food and clothing.