The Dust Bowl Final Test w/vocabulary

a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand

• dust storm

• Oklahoma

• Over-Farming

• Migrant Worker

called the "pan handle" state. OK was greatly affected by the Dust Bowl

When the same crop is grown in the same place for too many years and the soil can't renew

• dust storm

• Oklahoma

• Over-Farming

• Migrant Worker

a person who moves from place to place to find work harvesting fruits and vegetables

• dust storm

• Oklahoma

• Over-Farming

• Migrant Worker

an extensive area of level and rolling, treeless country, often covered by rich, fertile soil.

• fertile

• Oklahoma

• Over-Farming

• plains

able to support life well

• fertile

• Oklahoma

• Over-Farming

• plains

the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock. Also known as farming

• agriculture

• Oklahoma

• Over-Farming

• Alabama

April 14, 1935, High speed winds caused great walls of dust to engulf entire cities and regions

• Black Sunday

• Oklahoma

• Over-Farming

• agriculture

supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc

• irrigation

• dust storm

• The Dust Bowl

• agriculture

relating to farm areas and life in the country

• rural

• urban

• over-farming

• drought