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What word means the way a group of people live and what they do or believe?
culture
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What word means groups of people who live or work together in the same place?
community
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What word means people who leave one country to live in a different country?
immigrants
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What word means started or began something?
established
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What word means something has been done the same way for a long time?
traditional
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When was the first transcontinental railroad completed?
1869
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Besides towns, what also sprang up along the railroads?
farms
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Who lived in the Southwest before the railroad arrived?
Native Americans and rugged pioneers
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What does it mean to state the main idea of a selection?
To tell what the selection is mostly about.
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What are details?
Details support the main idea. They tell about the main idea.
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What city grew because it was built at the crossings of several important railroad lines?
Dallas, Texas
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What did trains allow farmers to send east?
crops and meat
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What mining was important in Arizona because of the railroads?
copper mining
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Where did the large number of immigrants come from that settled in the southwest?
Europe
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What did the immigrant bring with them to the Soutwest?
They brought their knowledge and culture.
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Many railroad lines to the west were built by workers from__________________.
China
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How did the railroads help the mining industries?
The railroads connected the mines to the factories.
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What year was the transcontinental railroad completed?
1869
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Before the train, how long did it take to travel across the country?
3 months
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How long did it take to go from New York to San Francisco by train?
8 days
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What is "Go West" mostly about?
How the railroad change the southwest.
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The completion of the transcontinental railroad helped people ___________________________.
to travel west faster
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Why did the railroad want people to settle in the West?
It was good for business.
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What city began as a camp for railroad workers?
Odessa, Texas
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Why did people travel to the Southwest in the 1800's?
The land was cheap.