NAME:____________________________________________________ DATE:_____________________ PERIOD:_____________

WESTWARD EXPANSION VOCABULARYPART I: Use the vocabulary list provided on the board and your own device to match the term with the proper definition.

Using your correct terms and definitions, match the term/definition with the corresponding picture: PART II

1.Typically, small and undesirable plots of land that Native Americans were forced to settle.

2. Adopting the culture of other “mainstream” Americans.

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Geographical region of the Central United States that is characterized by rolling, flat grasslands and became the primary food production region in the U.S.

4.Crossing a continent. Can either be a structure, such as a railroad or pipeline, or sometimes used to describe races.

5. An area of land that has begun the initial phases of inhabitation.

6. Adapting the traits of a dominant culture.

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Involves the various steps of the production of beef and dairy products. This includes the breeding, raising, transporting, harvesting and butchering of livestock.

8.The line that separates areas of settlement from “unsettled wilderness territory.

9.Parcel of land that typically included a home and other buildings such as barns, shops, wells, or other structures.

10.Describes an area that is located outside a city and is characterized by sparse population in the countryside.

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Characterized by the systematic removal of Native Americans from their homelands. Led to increased warfare between the Native American tribes and the U.S.

WORD BANK

Rural Society Cattle Industry Transcontinental Great Plains

Frontier Indian Policy Americanization HomesteadAssimilate

Settlement Reservation

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