Topic 6 Vocabulary

2. a machine that removes the seeds from cotton
5. a complete destruction
8. the people who move livestock to market
9. a fenced-in area
11. a wild horse
14. a reckless, bold outlaw
16. a block of public land that a government gives to a business, school, or other organization
19. a group of businesses that offer similar services or make similar kinds of goods
21. the farm workers who rent or lease their farmland from landlords or larger farm owners
22. the changes to a community that help boost a region’s economy and population

1. a period of low economic activity and high unemployment
2. the growing of crops for sale in order to make a profit
3. a Spanish cowboy
4. the price paid for the use of borrowed money
6. to use an artificial way of supplying water to land
7. a group of spare horses used on a cattle drive
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.
12. a work stoppage to force an employer to meet certain demands
13. a soldier who is not part of a regular army
15. a mounted soldier
16. a long rope with a slipknot at one end, used to lasso cattle and horses
17. a vast area of undeveloped public land held by the state government for future sale
18. to isolate or separate to prevent the spread of disease
20. the certificates issued by a corporation or a government that promise to repay with interest the amounts borrowed from the buyers