Unit 7 Vocabulary

2. owning the businesses involved in each step of a manufacturing process
5. an organization formed to support the interest of workers
6. identification marks made with hot metal
7. factory where crude oil is refined, or made into usable products such as gasoline
9. dark, thick liquid fossil fuel commonly called oil
10. the giving of money or gifts for charitable causes
13. a huge holding pen for cattle
16. farming techniques, such as terracing, used in a dry climate to keep moisture in the soil
17. a professional horse handler
20. a machine that converts wind energy into rotational, mechanical energy using large vanes or sails, traditionally used for grinding grain, pumping water, or sawing wood
21. towns that grow along with economic booms
23. a cattle disease
25. herding a group of cattle
27. unfenced land
28. a type of beetle that infests the cotton plant
29. a conflict occurring between ranchers
30. a type of wire fencing designed with sharp points at intervals
31. refusal by workers to do their job until a company meets their demands
32. foil, such as coal, oil, or natural gas, formed underground from plant or animal remains

1. the open-range cattle industry from Texas to Canada
3. a machine that separates grain or seeds from plants
4. one that runs across the continent
8. towers that supported oil-drilling equipment
11. owning many businesses in a particular field
12. an engine in which the burning that generates power takes place inside the engine
14. large-scale growing of crops for profit
15. oil operators who worked on their own in search of new fields
18. a breed of cattle that developed as Spanish mixed with English cattle
19. a cattle thief
22. gas that can be used as a fuel
24. the meeting places of two or more railroad lines
26. alternating periods of growth and depression in an industry or economy