Category 1
Category 2
Category 3
Category 4
Category 5pl
100
plant life
vegetation
100
a piece of land where crops or animals are raised
farm
100
materials that make the soul fertile
nutrients
100
a period of time when the economy was very poor
depression
100
plants that are grown in large amounts for human or livestock food, or use in industry
crops
200
gigantic farms that made huge sums of money
bonanza farms
200
a special mark that is burned onto the skin of each animal in order to identify it
a brand
200
a long period of time with little or no rain
drought
200
another word for farm animals
livestock
200
another word for farming and ranching
agriculture
300
hunted and gathered like earlier groups, but also began planting gardens along riverbanks
Woodland people
300
trading items for other items without exchanging money
bartering
300
gave 160 acres of free land to a person who built a house, lived there for 5 years, and cultivated the land
Homestead Act
300
money or possessions created by managing the goods and resources of a region
economy
300
pulled by a team of horses; used for hauling many items on a farm
stoneboat
400
a business that makes and sells goods
industry
400
a long, narrow groove cut into the ground
furrow
400
has a heavy, curved blade that digs into the sod and turns it over
breaking plow
400
long, curved blade with a handle
scythe
400
separating the grain from the straw
threshing
500
preparing land for growing crops
cultivation
500
a strip of plowed land surrounding the house and other buildings
firebreak
500
picking up the bundles from the ground and placing them upright in groups of a dozen to dry
shocking
500
people who lived in small bands and got their food by following herds of game animals
Nomads
500
a machine that cuts the grain, gathers it into bundles, and ties each bundle with a piece of twine
binder
M
e
n
u