Topic 1 Unit 1 Vocab

3. A person or organization that puts money into financial plans, property, etc. with the expectation of achieving a profit.
4. Maintain or support oneself, especially at a minimal level.
7. Something to make someone leave a situation.
9. Something that attracts people to a place.
11. Provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of government surveyed land.
12. Relating to a corruption in a large company or group.
14. The state of being completely lacking in a particular quality or value.
15. Large group of people.
16. A point at which lines or pathways intersects or branch; a central or connecting point
17. No longer produced or used; out of date.
20. Pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities.
22. A written statement confirmed by oath or affirmation.
23. Crossing a continent
26. Assert something as a position in an argument.
27. The process or industry of obtaining coal or other minerals from a mine.

1. Sharing a common border.
2. To begin or start something.
5. A keen promoter of a person, organization, or cause.
6. A sum of money granted by the government or a public body to assist an industry or business so that the price of a commodity.
7. A person who searches for gold, oil, or other valuable substances underneath the Earth's surface.
8. A signed legal document that transfers ownership of an asset to a new owner.
10. A man, typically one on horseback, who herds and tends cattle, especially in the western US.
12. The process of moving a large herd of cattle from one location to another more distant location
13. Putting animals in a pasture to graze.
18. Blowing or beating fiercely and noisily.
19. A naturally occurring solid material from which a metal or valuable mineral can be profitably extracted.
21. The process by which a foreign citizen becomes a citizen of a new country.
24. Bind or compel someone, especially legally or morally.
25. The exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service.