Vocabulary
Word Families
Comprehension
MI/Details
Fun Facts
100
What does the word decline mean? Use it in a sentence.
Decrease
100
Name another word that belongs to the word family report and transport. What is the root?
answers may vary- PORT
100
What is a lasso?
A looped rope
100
Spanish soldiers built ranches, soldiers and priests raised cattle, livestock roamed the sprawling lands. These are all details of what main idea?
Vaqueros helped take care of the livestock.
100
What are the pants called that cowboys wear?
Chaps
200
What does the word sprawling mean? Use it in a sentence.
Spread Out
200
What is another word that belongs in the family biography and autograph? What is the root?
Answers may vary- GRAPH
200
Why did vaqueros wear sombreros?
to protect their faces from the sun
200
Which animal did Coronado introduce to the American Southwest?
Longhorn cattle.
200
Who did they give credit to for cowboys at the very beginning of the story?
Christopher Columbus
300
What does the word hostile mean? Use it in a sentence.
Not friendly.
300
What is another word that belongs in the family inspect and respect? Root word?
SPECT
300
What new area/place did New Spain Become in 1821?
Mexico
300
Who did the Totonace people want to conquer?
Aztecs
300
What was added recently to rodeos as a skill for cowboys, that they did not use in past history?
Bull riding.
400
What does the word prospered mean? Use it in a sentence.
Succeeded.
400
Another word that is in the family memory and memorial? Root word?
MEM
400
What is the main reason that they vaqueros no longer needed to ride the wide-open spaces?
barbed wire kept the cattle fenced in.
400
What is the last section "Celebrating Traditions" mostly about?
rodeos and charrerias
400
Explain how cowboy traditions live on and what their orignal job was.
herd cattle, now they have rodeos and timed competition skills.
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