CCR Vocabulary

Define Buffalo

• A man, usually on horseback, who tends and herds cattle

• Large animal that provided the Plains Indians with most of their food, clothing, shelter, and more

• White settlers who hunted the buffalo to near extinction in the 1870s

• Land set aside by the US government for Native Americans to live on

Define Reservations

• A man, usually on horseback, who tends and herds cattle

• Large animal that provided the Plains Indians with most of their food, clothing, shelter, and more

• White settlers who hunted the buffalo to near extinction in the 1870s

• Land set aside by the US government for Native Americans to live on

Define Buffalo Hunters

• A man, usually on horseback, who tends and herds cattle

• Changing raw materials into goods that can be sold

• Raising livestock on the open range

• White settlers who hunted the buffalo to near extinction in the 1870s

Define Cowboys

• A man, usually on horseback, who tends and herds cattle

• Changing raw materials into goods that can be sold

• Raising livestock on the open range

• White settlers who hunted the buffalo to near extinction in the 1870s

Define Ranching

• Raising livestock on the open range

• Movement of livestock to the market (for $$$), done with cattle in the late 1800s

• Steel wire with sharp edges or points, used to build fences

• Machines that use wind power to pump water from underground sources

Define Windmills

• Raising livestock on the open range

• Movement of livestock to the market (for $$$), done with cattle in the late 1800s

• Steel wire with sharp edges or points, used to build fences

• Machines that use wind power to pump water from underground sources

Define Drive

• Raising livestock on the open range

• Movement of livestock to the market (for $$$), done with cattle in the late 1800s

• Steel wire with sharp edges or points, used to build fences

• Machines that use wind power to pump water from underground sources

Define Barbed Wire

• Raising livestock on the open range

• Movement of livestock to the market (for $$$), done with cattle in the late 1800s

• Steel wire with sharp edges or points, used to build fences

• Machines that use wind power to pump water from underground sources

Define Water Resources

• Changing raw materials into goods that can be sold

• Mode of transportation that moved people and goods - especially goods raised on farms and ranches

• Distance from the Gulf of Mexico means that WEST Texas gets very little rainfall

• Underground water reservoir, brought to the surface using windmills

Define Industry

• Changing raw materials into goods that can be sold

• Mode of transportation that moved people and goods - especially goods raised on farms and ranches

• Distance from the Gulf of Mexico means that WEST Texas gets very little rainfall

• Underground water reservoir, brought to the surface using windmills