Easy Social Studies Vocabulary 5.01-5.02

When industries are introduced to an area, it is called __________.

• migration

• excavation

• plantation

• industrialization

A broad expanse of flat land, much of it covered in prarie and grassland, located west of the Mississippi River.

• Great Lakes

• Great Plains

• Great Outdoors

• Great Day

A person, such as a homesteader or colonist, who settles in a new region.

• settler

• Native American

• Buffalo Soldier

• immigrant

People who move to a new country are called ________________.

• Native Americans

• settlers

• immigrants

• miners

________________ was a nickname given to African American soldiers who served in two U.S. Army cavalry units from 1867 to 1896. These soldiers were sent to fight Native Americans on the frontier, protect settlers, and guard national parks.

• Homesteaders

• Immigrants

• Soldiers

• Buffalo Soldiers

A member of any of the first groups of people to live in North and South America.

• American Indian

• American Eskimo

• American People

• American Flag

The era after Reconstruction and 1900 is often referred to as the '_________'. This was a time when many Industrialists acquired wealth through bribery and corruption.

• Post Reconstruction

• Industrial Age

• Gilded Age

• Revolutionary Age

An ________ is a group of businesses that make or sell similar products or perform similar services. Farms, factories, and schools make up some of these.

• immigrant

• industry

• igloo

• settler