Vocabulary Social Studies
A thick layer of grass, roots, and dirt.
What is sod?
a person, place, or thing.
What is a noun?
They like talking about politics and sports.
What are the nouns? What type are they? (abstract or concrete)
What is an abstract noun?
The homesteaders built their homes out sod because...
What is plenty of sod?
Sally had great memories from her vacation.
What type of noun is the word "memories?"
What is an abstract noun.
This gave the power to move American Indians to land west of the Mississippi River.
What is The Indian Removal Act?
names a specific person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a proper noun?
The ranger spotted a kitten while he was at the park.
What is ranger, kitten, park (common)?
This event encouraged settlers to move out west.
What is the Homestead Act?
What type of noun is "team"
They were assisted by a team of rangers.
What is a collective noun?
What act helped the United States grow and expand by making it possible for citizens to settle the wild frontier?
What is the Homestead Act of 1862?
names an idea or concept that you cannot see, hear, taste, smell, or feel.
What is abstract noun?
Cherokee Elementary is where I go to school.
Cherokee Elementary is what type of noun?
What is proper noun?
Top reasons people moved out west.
What is fresh air and wide-open space?
The four Wonders of the West.
What are Grand Canyon, Salton Sea, Great Salt Lake, and Mojave Desert?
The mail service that ran from April 1860 to October 1861.
What is the Pony Express?
names any person, place, thing or idea.
What is a common noun?
Every morning, the school of fish gather in the Atlantic Ocean.
What are the nouns? What type of nouns?
What is morning (abstract)?
What is school (collective)?
What is fish (common)?
What is Atlantic Ocean (Proper)?
Homesteaders were often called __________.
What is sodbusters?
Kyle brought his collection to school to show the class.
What are the nouns AND what type of nouns are they? (common and/or proper)
What is Kyle (Proper)?
What is collection, school, and class (common)?
What is Corps of Discovery?
names something you can see, feel, hear, smell, or taste.
What is a concrete noun?
Using her imagination, my friend can paint the state of Alabama beautifully.
What is imagination (abstract)?
What is friend(concrete/common)?
What is state (common)?
What is Alabama (proper)?
One effect of the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
What is American Indians were moved to land west of the Mississippi River?
How would you feel if you were an Indian during the time Indians were being forced to move away from their home?
I would be upset, scared, and worried about my family. I would be wondering where we would move to and if life would be more difficult in our new place.