Social Studies Chapter 18 section 1 vocabulary

This vocabulary word means "A mass or strip or ore sandwiched between layers of rock"

• Ore

• Lodes

• Subsidy

• Gold

This vocabulary word is describes a mineral or rock mined for the valuable substance it contains, such as gold or silver.

• Silver

• Rock

• Gold

• Ore

What is the definition for the word Vigilante?

• people who travel from one side of the continent to the other

• people who live in a ghost town

• people who take the law into their own hands

• people who took a grant from the government

This word describes old boomtowns that are deserted as prospectors moved on to more promising sites or returned home.

• Ghost Communities

• Ghost Towns

• Ghost City

• Ghost Homes

What vocabulary word means "financial aid and land grants from the government".

• Aid

• Money

• Grant

• Subsidy

What vocabulary word would best describe a rail line that would span the continent and connect one half of the continent to the other half

• Continental travel

• Continental

• Transcontinental

• Continental Span