Chapter 8 A Growing State

7. in the countryside
8. grassy plains
9. refinery a factory that cleans and processes oil into products such as gasoline or kerosene
10. a consumer's, or buyer's, willingness to buy a good or service at a certain price
11. a time of rapid growth
14. an economic system in which people are free to buy and sell goods and services with little control by government
17. natural gas
18. a cowboy that rides along the borders of a ranch to watch the cattle
21. a person or company that makes or sells goods or offers a service
22. a place where two or more rail lines meet

1. a newly created product
2. a twisted wire with sharp points, or barbs, along it
3. to make or process goods, especially by machine, in large quantities
4. a steam engine used to pull a train
5. a person or company that buys or uses goods and services
6. in the city
12. a line of workers who put together just one part of each product riding on a moving platform past the workers who stay in place
13. the number of items that producers offer for sale at a certain price
15. a systematic gathering of things, such as cattle
16. a sudden rush of a herd of frightened animals such as cattle
19. a group of businesses that make a type of product or provide a type of service
20. a design burned into the hide of a cow