Chapter 8 Vocabulary Study

Open Range

• a design burned into the hide of a cow.

• the grassy plains of Texas.

• Cowhands or cowboys- who rode along the borders of a ranch to watch the cattle. In Texas, many cowhands were African American, Hispanic, or American Indian.

• cattle run around wildly when they become frightened.

Brand

• a time or rapid growth.

• Twisted wire that had sharp points, or barbs, along it. Strung between wooden posts, this fenced cattle in or out

• cattle run around wildly when they become frightened.

• a design burned into the hide of a cow.

line riders

• a group of businesses that makes a type of product or provides a type of service.

• to make or process goods, especially by machine in large quantities.

• Cowhands or cowboys- who rode along the borders of a ranch to watch the cattle. In Texas, many cowhands were African American, Hispanic, or American Indian.

• moves a product past workers who stay in place. Each worker specializes in one small task.

round up

• an economic system in which people are free to buy and sell goods and services with little control by the government.

• cowboys from different ranches rounded up all the cattle they could find. They drove them into one area. There, everyone worked to separate the cattle by brands. At the round up, cowhands also branded the new calves.

• a train steam engine.

• where two or more rail lines meet.

stampede

• cattle run around wildly when they become frightened.

• natural oil

• a factory that cleans and processes oil into products such as gasoline or kerosene.

• newly created products.

barbed wire

• cattle run around wildly when they become frightened.

• the grassy plains of Texas.

• Twisted wire that had sharp points, or barbs, along it. Strung between wooden posts, this fenced cattle in or out.

• a design burned into the hide of a cow.

boom

• an economic system in which people are free to buy and sell goods and services with little control by the government.

• Twisted wire that had sharp points, or barbs, along it. Strung between wooden posts, this fenced cattle in or out.

• cattle run around wildly when they become frightened.

• a time or rapid growth.

locomotive

• a time or rapid growth.

• a train steam engine.

• life in the city.

• life in the countryside.

junction

• where two or more rail lines meet.

• the number of items that producers offer for sale at a certain price.

• the number of items that consumers, or buyers, are willing to buy at a certain price.

• natural oil

free enterprise

• a person or company that makes or sells goods or offers a service.

• an economic system in which people are free to buy and sell goods and services with little control by the government.

• a person or company that buys or uses goods and services.

• the number of items that producers offer for sale at a certain price.