Oil, Cattle, and Railroad Vocabulary

What is the term for the grassy plains of Texas?

• open range

• bayou

• mesa

• swamp

What is a design burned into the hide of a cow called?

• brand

• tattoo

• stain

• marking

What do you call a cowboy that rides along the borders of a ranch to watch cattle?

• line riders

• trail bosses

• wranglers

• rustlers

What is a systematic gathering of things, such as cattle, called?

• roundup

• scatter

• release

• migration

What is a sudden rush of a herd of frightened animals, such as cattle, called?

• stampede

• migration

• gallop

• parade

What is a twisted wire with sharp points, or barbs, along it called?

• barbed wire

• copper wire

• fishing line

• rope

What is a time of rapid growth called?

• boom

• decline

• pause

• recession

What is a steam engine used to pull a train called?

• locomotive

• carriage

• freight car

• caboose

What is a place where two or more rail lines meet called?

• junction

• platform

• station

• tunnel

What is an economic system in which people are free to buy and sell goods and services with little control of the government called?

• free enterprise

• command economy

• barter system

• traditional economy