Chapter 8 Vocabulary

The word used to describe the edge of a settled area
Frontier
Settlement
People who settle on land that is new to them.
Pioneer
Robots
Large, flat bottomed boats that could carry 2-3 families at a time.
Conestoga Boat
Flatboat
Sturdy, covered wagons that could carry people and their belongings over rough roads.
Conestoga Wagon
Wagon Train
Soil and grass that pioneers built houses out of.
Hogans
Sod
A cone shaped dwelling made of wooden poles and animal hides
Teepee
Longhouse
Group movement from one region to another.
Migration
Immigration
Manufacturing large numbers of goods using identical parts.
Factory Production
Mass Production
A line of workers and machines by which a product is moved along as its made.
Assembly Line
Ford Motor Company
Machines controlled by computers
Microsoft
Robots
Any business that uses raw food to create products to be sold.
Food Processing
Mass Production
This machine cuts wheat and threshes it.
Steel Plow
Combine
To concentrate on a particular product.
Specialize
Focus
A farm or ranch that is combined with other businesses
Agribusiness
Aquabusiness
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