Midwest Vocabulary

the beginning of unexplored land

• fertile

• frontier

• blizzards

flat or gently rolling land covered with tall grass and wildflowers

• livestock

• meatpacking

• prairie

soil able to produce good crop

• fertile

• cattle drive

• reservation

animals reaised on farms, such as cattle

• transportation hub

• livestock

• assembly line

the preparing of meat for sale

• frontier

• crop duster

• meatpacking

land set aside for Native Americans

• blizzards

• reservation

• cattle drive

a process in which each worker does one part of a job before passing it on to the next worker

• meatpacking

• assembly line

• fertile

a city that serves as a center for moving goods and people

• transportation hub

• cattle drive

• crop duster

storms that bring heavy snow and freezing winds

• fertile

• blizzards

• frontier

when cowboys move large herd of cattle from one place to another

• vaquero

• meatpacking

• cattle drive