Topic 6 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. a machine that removes the seeds from cotton
  2. 5. a complete destruction
  3. 8. the people who move livestock to market
  4. 9. a fenced-in area
  5. 11. a wild horse
  6. 14. a reckless, bold outlaw
  7. 16. a block of public land that a government gives to a business, school, or other organization
  8. 19. a group of businesses that offer similar services or make similar kinds of goods
  9. 21. the farm workers who rent or lease their farmland from landlords or larger farm owners
  10. 22. the changes to a community that help boost a region’s economy and population
Down
  1. 1. a period of low economic activity and high unemployment
  2. 2. the growing of crops for sale in order to make a profit
  3. 3. a Spanish cowboy
  4. 4. the price paid for the use of borrowed money
  5. 6. to use an artificial way of supplying water to land
  6. 7. a group of spare horses used on a cattle drive
  7. 10. the law of economics that states prices drop at times when the supply of an item is greater than the demand for it. On the other hand, prices rise at times when items are scarce and demand for those items is high.
  8. 12. a work stoppage to force an employer to meet certain demands
  9. 13. a soldier who is not part of a regular army
  10. 15. a mounted soldier
  11. 16. a long rope with a slipknot at one end, used to lasso cattle and horses
  12. 17. a vast area of undeveloped public land held by the state government for future sale
  13. 18. to isolate or separate to prevent the spread of disease
  14. 20. the certificates issued by a corporation or a government that promise to repay with interest the amounts borrowed from the buyers