11I2_CAT 3_SOCIAL STUDIES VOCAB

a tool for breaking hard surfaces, with a long wooden handle and a curved metal bar with a sharp point

• locust

• pick axe

• specimens

• plow

a large insect found in hot areas that flies in large groups and destroys plants and crops

• locust

• pick axe

• specimens

• plow

Museums will pay large amounts of money for good dinosaur fossil _________________.

• locust

• pick axe

• specimens

• plow

a large farming tool with blades that dig into the earth.

• locust

• pick axe

• specimens

• plow

This year (a) severe ___________ has ruined the crops.

• trillion

• drought

• pioneers

• plague

Four light years is 25 _________ miles.

• trillion

• drought

• pioneers

• plague

The ___________ went west across North America, cutting down forests and planting new crops.

• trillion

• drought

• pioneers

• plague

a large number of insects or animals which cause damage or unpleasant conditions in an area.

• trillion

• drought

• pioneers

• plague

completely destroyed

• demise

• booming

• breeding

• devastated

the end of the operation or existence of something

• demise

• booming

• breeding

• devastated