Unit 3 Chapter 2 Vocabulary

Definition: flat grassland

Sentence: Many people moved west and settled in the ______.

• prairie

• steamboat

• keelboat

the top layer of grassy soil, sometimes used to build homes

• pack animal

• sod

• locomotive

People often _______ to find better job opportunities.

• prairie

• steamboat

• emigrate

an animal, such as a horse or a mule, that is used to carry heavy loads

• emigrate

• ore

• pack animal

Draw a picture of a pack animal.

a boat with a long ridge on the bottom, used to navigate rivers

• sod

• prairie

• keelboat

a motor that used steam to work

• steam engine

• pack animal

• locomotive

a boat powered by a steam engine

• emigrate

• homestead

• steamboat

• pack animal

a railroad engine

• prairie

• locomotive

• sod

crossing the entire continent

• transcontinental

• homestead

• sovereignty