End of Unit Vocabulary Quiz

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Crossing the entire continent

• transcontinental

• emigrate

• steam engine

• locomotive

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A rock or mineral from which metal can be obtained.

• transcontinental

• emigrate

• ore

• locomotive

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A home and the land surrounding it.

• transcontinental

• homestead

• ore

• locomotive

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Freedom from external control; supreme power or authority.

• sovereignty

• homestead

• ore

• locomotive

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A flat grassland.

• sovereignty

• prairie

• ore

• locomotive

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The top layer of grassy soil, sometimes used to build houses.

• pack animal

• prairie

• sod

• locomotive

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To leave one place to settle permanently in another.

• pack animal

• emigrate

• sod

• locomotive

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An animal, such as a horse or a mule, that is used to carry heavy loads.

• pack animal

• keelboat

• steam engine

• locomotive

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A boat with a long rider on the bottom, used to navigate rivers.

• pack animal

• keelboat

• steam engine

• locomotive

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A motor that uses steam to work.

• pack animal

• keelboat

• steam engine

• locomotive