Chapter 8 - Moving West Vocabulary

to grow or develop well

• thrive

• spare

• flourish

• scarce

occuring in small numbers; rare

• scarce

• fertile

• barter

• acquire

soldiers who fight on horseback

• reaper

• mamluks

• cavalry

• infantry

a machine that harvests a crop

• steamboat

• reaper

• labor

• cavalry

a situation involving danger

• uncertainty

• labor

• threat

• risk

hard, physical work

• expense

• taxes

• labor

• foreign

to buy or obtain

• achieve

• retain

• comprehend

• acquire

to show deep respect for a god

• foreign

• worship

• ritual

• sacrifice

of a country other than one's own

• foreign

• immigrant

• domestic

• freight

goods moved by train, ship, or another mode of transportation

• foreign

• freight

• labor

• coerce