Unit 08: Cotton, Cattle, Railroads and Closing the Texas Frontier – 1866-1900 by DAMIAN PEREZ https://padlet.com/damian_perez15_stu/y1yyjmy3su0a Vocabulary en-us 2019-02-19 16:43:37 UTC 2025-12-21 07:12:27 UTC hello@padlet.com Subsistence Farming- The practice of growing enough crops to provide for one´s family group damian_perez15_stu https://padlet.com/damian_perez15_stu/y1yyjmy3su0a/wish/332788115 A family has only one cow to give milk only for that family. A farmer grows only enough wheat to make bread for his or her family.]]> 2019-02-19 16:46:44 UTC https://padlet.com/damian_perez15_stu/y1yyjmy3su0a/wish/332788115 Commercial Agriculture- The practice of growing surplus crops to sell for profit damian_perez15_stu https://padlet.com/damian_perez15_stu/y1yyjmy3su0a/wish/332789499 In the past this has been the biggest hurdle to overcome in adopting induced resistance in commercial agriculture.]]> 2019-02-19 16:49:03 UTC https://padlet.com/damian_perez15_stu/y1yyjmy3su0a/wish/332789499 Vaqueros- Spanish term for cowboy damian_perez15_stu https://padlet.com/damian_perez15_stu/y1yyjmy3su0a/wish/332790064 The vaquero rode his stallion quickly through the farmland to catch up to the heard of cows.]]> 2019-02-19 16:50:01 UTC https://padlet.com/damian_perez15_stu/y1yyjmy3su0a/wish/332790064 Urbanization- The process of increasing human settlement in cities damian_perez15_stu https://padlet.com/damian_perez15_stu/y1yyjmy3su0a/wish/332790509 Because of human population growth, urbanization of rural land has become a necessity, along with the accompanying development of infrastructure to support it.]]> 2019-02-19 16:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/damian_perez15_stu/y1yyjmy3su0a/wish/332790509 Settlement Patterns- The spatial distribution of where humans inhabit the Earth damian_perez15_stu https://padlet.com/damian_perez15_stu/y1yyjmy3su0a/wish/332791448  I got the house in the divorce settlement. ]]> 2019-02-19 16:52:05 UTC https://padlet.com/damian_perez15_stu/y1yyjmy3su0a/wish/332791448 Barbed Wire- Used to fence in land on the Great Plains, eventually leading to the end of the open frontier damian_perez15_stu https://padlet.com/damian_perez15_stu/y1yyjmy3su0a/wish/332792420 The factory was surrounded by barbed wire.]]> 2019-02-19 16:53:39 UTC https://padlet.com/damian_perez15_stu/y1yyjmy3su0a/wish/332792420 Ranches- A large farm for raising horses, beef cattle, or sheep damian_perez15_stu https://padlet.com/damian_perez15_stu/y1yyjmy3su0a/wish/332793483 Cattle, horses and sheep are largely reared in the southern prairie region on ranches or smaller holdings.]]> 2019-02-19 16:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/damian_perez15_stu/y1yyjmy3su0a/wish/332793483 Innovation- An improvement of an existing technological product, system, or method of doing something damian_perez15_stu https://padlet.com/damian_perez15_stu/y1yyjmy3su0a/wish/332794008 These fields are about to explode with innovation and advancement.]]> 2019-02-19 16:56:03 UTC https://padlet.com/damian_perez15_stu/y1yyjmy3su0a/wish/332794008 Technology- The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes damian_perez15_stu https://padlet.com/damian_perez15_stu/y1yyjmy3su0a/wish/332795177 I'm not opposed to technology, I simply enjoy the work.]]> 2019-02-19 16:57:46 UTC https://padlet.com/damian_perez15_stu/y1yyjmy3su0a/wish/332795177 Stampede- A wild rush of animals or people, usually when frightened damian_perez15_stu https://padlet.com/damian_perez15_stu/y1yyjmy3su0a/wish/332796022  People stampeded to the exits.]]> 2019-02-19 16:59:04 UTC https://padlet.com/damian_perez15_stu/y1yyjmy3su0a/wish/332796022 Textiles- The first industry to be industrialized in the 18th century. A type of cloth or woven fabric damian_perez15_stu https://padlet.com/damian_perez15_stu/y1yyjmy3su0a/wish/332796860 Textiles, largely cotton goods, hardware, mining and agricultural machinery, tobacco and foodstuffs form the bulk of the imports.]]> 2019-02-19 17:00:34 UTC https://padlet.com/damian_perez15_stu/y1yyjmy3su0a/wish/332796860 Windmill- A set of sails or vanes that turns in the wind and is used for pumping water damian_perez15_stu https://padlet.com/damian_perez15_stu/y1yyjmy3su0a/wish/332797869 Six hundred years after that, we get the windmill for irrigation.]]> 2019-02-19 17:02:20 UTC https://padlet.com/damian_perez15_stu/y1yyjmy3su0a/wish/332797869 Irrigation- The process of supplying water to areas of land, through canals, to make them suitable for growing crops. damian_perez15_stu https://padlet.com/damian_perez15_stu/y1yyjmy3su0a/wish/332798788  Irrigation benefits a sandy soil, draining a marshy soil.]]> 2019-02-19 17:03:56 UTC https://padlet.com/damian_perez15_stu/y1yyjmy3su0a/wish/332798788 Treaty- A formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries or states damian_perez15_stu https://padlet.com/damian_perez15_stu/y1yyjmy3su0a/wish/332801110  In 1890-1893 its shores were divided by treaty between Great Britain, France and Germany.]]> 2019-02-19 17:07:17 UTC https://padlet.com/damian_perez15_stu/y1yyjmy3su0a/wish/332801110