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What vocabulary word means started?
established
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What vocabulary words means a person who moves from one country to another?
immigrant
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What vocabulary words means groups of people who live together or have a common interest?
communities
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What words means sharing of one's customs or beliefs?
culture
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What word means doing something in the usual way?
Traditional
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What was the southwest like before the railroad?
It was a wild and rugged land with few people.
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What does transcontinental mean?
across the continent
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What is the root word of transcontinental?
continent
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How many days did it take to travel across the United States before the train?
3 months
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How many days did it take to travel across the United States after the train?
8 days
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The trains made moving west ______________________.
easier, faster, and safer
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Why did people want to move to the Southwest?
The land was cheap, and the railroads made the Southwest sound great.
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Why did the railroads want people to settle in the southwest?
It was good for business.
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What town in Texas started as a railroad camp?
Odessa, Texas
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Why did Dallas grow to be such a big city?
Several important railroad lines crossed there.
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What are antonyms?
Words that are opposite each other.
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What is the opposite of established?
ended, finished
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Give an example of an antonym.
Answers will vary.
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What did trains allow farmers and ranchers to do?
They allowed them to send crops and meat to the east.
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How did the trains help the mining industries to grow?
They connected the mines to the factories.
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What is the main idea of the selection "Go West"?
How the trains changed the southwest
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Where did most of the people who settled in the Southwest originally come from?
Europe
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The workers who worked on the railroad came from_________________.
Mexico and China
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What did the immigrants bring with them?
They brought with them their culture and knowledge - their traditional foods and music and their ways of farming and building.
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What does it mean to identify the main idea?
To tell what the story is all about.
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