Unit 12 Cotton, Cattle, & Railroads Vocabulary

The science or occupation of farming

• Agriculture

• industrial

• factories

• military

A wire that has sharp points and it often used to make fences

• play pen

• wood fencing

• barbed wire

• cage

A small insect that feeds on cotton plants

• bee

• Boll Weevil

• dog

• cricket

The process of economic expansion and contraction that occurs repeatedly; during the boom jobs are plentiful and investors make money; during the bust, people lose their jobs and investors lose money

• economic cycle

• boomin

• boom cycle

• Boom and Bust Cycle

The process of moving a herd of cattle from one place to another, usually moved and herded by cowboys on horseback

• Cattle drives

• cowboy drive

• cowboy trail

• cow trail

The cattle ranches that arose on the open range stretching from Texas all the way to Canada

• Cattle land

• Cattle Kingdom

• Horse kingdom

• Cattle drive

The production of crops and farm animals for sale

• ranching

• commercial farming

• land farming

• dry farming

Farming done in dry areas without irrigation; it is done by planting drought resistant crops or using moisture-enhancing techniques like planting seeds deep in the soil or using mulch to delay evaporation

• Dry farming

• commercial ranching

• commercial farming

• dry ranching

The process of making products using machinery and factories

• agriculture

• industry

• ranching

• cowboys

The meeting place of two or more rail lines

• meeting

• junction

• parallel

• perpendicular