Unit 08 Cotton, Cattle, Railroads & Texas Frontier Vocabulary

Alondra and her family grow enough crops to provide for their family group. What type of farming is this?

• Growing crops to sell for profit

• Growing enough crops to provide for one's family group

• Growing crops for export

• Growing crops for industrial use

Bella and Marcos have started a farm where they grow crops. They plan to sell these crops at the local market to earn a profit. What type of agriculture are they practicing?

• Growing crops for personal use

• Growing crops to sell for profit

• Growing crops for community sharing

• Growing crops for educational purposes

Lexi and her family live in a rural area where they grow their own food to meet their daily needs. Which type of farming focuses on providing for a family group?

• Commercial agriculture

• Industrial farming

• Subsistence farming

• Urban farming

Caelynn and Georgina are planning to start a farm. What is the primary purpose of their commercial agriculture venture?

• To feed the farmer's family

• To sell surplus crops for profit

• To conserve biodiversity

• To improve soil quality

Heidi and Cailey are studying the effects of urbanization in their geography class. They learned that urbanization is primarily associated with which of the following?

• Decrease in city population

• Increase in human settlement in cities

• Increase in rural population

• Decrease in industrial areas

Callan and Edinson noticed that more and more people were moving to their city, leading to the expansion of urban areas. Which term is used to describe this process of increasing human settlement in cities?

• Industrialization

• Urbanization

• Globalization

• Colonization

During a class discussion, Evelyn and Grettel were talking about the changes in their city over the years. What is the primary focus of urbanization?

• Increasing agricultural land

• Increasing human settlement in cities

• Increasing forest areas

• Increasing rural population

During a visit to a ranch, Sarai learned about different roles in cattle herding. What is the Spanish term for a person who herds cattle?

• Matador

• Vaqueros

• Bull rider

• Horsemen

Evelyn and Lexi are studying how people live in different parts of the world. They are focusing on the spatial distribution of where humans inhabit the Earth.

• Settlement patterns

• Urban

• Rural

• Suburban

Grace and Daniel were setting up a farm and needed a wire with clusters of short, sharp spikes set at intervals along it, used to make fences or in warfare as an obstruction. What type of wire were they looking for?

• Fence post

• Chain link fence

• Barbed wire

• Cattle guard