Social Studies Vocabulary Test 1

a flat grassland

• ore

• homestead

• prairie

• pack animal

the top layer of grassy soil sometimes used to build houses

• sod

• emigrate

• steamboat

• ore

to leave one place to settle permanently in another

• emigrate

• keelboat

• homestead

• steam engine

an animal such as a horse or mule that is used to carry heavy loads

• pack animal
• cargo animal
• load carrier
• heavy lifter

a boat with a ridge on the bottom used to navigate rivers

• keelboat

• steam boat

• locomotive

• pack animal

a boat powered by a steam engine

• keelboat

• steam engine

• steam boat

• locomotive

a motor that uses steam to work

• steam boat

• steam engine

• locomotive

• ore

a railroad engine

• steam engine

• locomotive

• transcontinental

• steam boat

crossing the entire continent

• prairie

• homestead

• transcontinental

• emigrate

a rock or mineral from which metal can be obtained

• steam

• ore

• sod

• prairie