Unit 6 Vocabulary

2. A process of economic expansion and contraction that occurs repeatedly. During the boom the economy grows, jobs are plentiful and the market brings high returns to investors. In the subsequent bus the economy shrinks, people lose their job and investors lose money.
4. Machine that separates the grains and seeds from plants.
7. A type of beetle which infests the cotton plant.
10. Disease spread by ticks brought by cattle on the drives from Texas.
13. Farming techniques, such as terracing, used in a dry climate to keep the moisture of the soil.
14. A government official who is in charge of a department or district individuals.
15. Process of moving from one place to another, usually moved and headed by Cowboy on horses.
18. A large yard containing pens and sheds, typically adjacent to a slaughterhouse, in which livestock is kept and stored.
19. A cattle thief.
20. unfenced land.
21. African American soldiers who fought against the American Indians in the west.

1. Meeting place of two or more lines of railroad.
3. Fencing designed with sharp points.
5. Spanish cowboys who gave origin to the Texas Cowboy.
6. A breed of cattle with long horns.
8. A person who cared for the extra horses on a cattle drive.
9. Violent disputes caused by the fencing of the open range between farmers and ranchers.
11. The land that forms the furthest extent of a country's territory that has little inhabitants.
12. A device that uses wind power to pump out water from underground to the surface.
16. A mark made by burning or otherwise to show ownership.
17. Railroad that runs across the continent.