US History II SOL 3A-H Vocabulary Worksheet

Copy the term that goes with the definition: A person who leaves one country to travel to and settle in another country. (Write the vocabulary word that matches this definition.)

• Immigrant

• Citizen

• Tourist

• Refugee

Copy the term that goes with the definition: The change from manual and farm labor to relying on machines in the 19th century.

• Industrialization

• Urbanization

• Colonization

• Globalization

Copy the term that goes with the definition: The movement of people from farms to cities. Moving from rural areas to urban areas. (Write the vocabulary word that matches this definition.)

• Urbanization

• Deforestation

• Industrialization

• Suburbanization

Fill in the blank: ______________ ______________: Railroad line completed in 1869 that linked the east and west coasts of the U. S. It helped to move people, products, and raw materials across the continent.

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Erie Canal

• Panama Canal

• Oregon Trail

Match the following manufacturing areas with their locations:

• Steel Industry

• New England

• Meatpacking Industry

• Pennsylvania

• Textile industry

• Michigan

• Makeup & Cosmetics

• Illinois

• Automobile Industry

• Missouri

How did advances in transportation link resources, products and markets?

• natural resources

• climate patterns

• political boundaries

• cultural traditions

Having industries located in cities can help people by providing jobs and boosting the local economy, but it can also be harmful in some ways. Which of the following is a potential harm of having industries in cities?

• Increased pollution and health risks

• More job opportunities

• Better infrastructure

• Higher standard of living

Sears Catalog! Before people had the internet we ordered stuff from a catalog and waited for it to come in the ________________

• mail

• store

• phone

• car

The ________________ Railroad (a train that goes cross country) would take it to the farmers in the ______________!

• Transcontinental; Great Plains

• Continental; Rocky Mountains

• Interstate; Midwest

• National; Pacific Coast

Moving __________________ (e.g. copper and lead) to eastern factories.

• natural resources

• finished goods

• manufactured products

• textiles