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Vocabulary Trivia and Vocabulary
Early Agriculture Trivia--

Henry Spalding grew the first crops in Idaho and taught the Nez Perce Indians to farm.

The first farmers in America were the Native Americans but the Native Americans in Idaho didn’t farm.

Franklin was the first permanent settlement in Idaho.

Eagle Rock (Idaho Falls) was the first settlement in upper Snake River valley.

Vocabulary-- Use your text to define these terms

*1. Ranching (pages 135, 136) -

2. Livestock (pg. 136) -

3. Range land (pg. 136) -

4. Homestead (pg. 136) -

5. What is the difference between a ranch and a farm? (pages 135, 136)

*This term is not exactly defined in the text. See if you can figure out a definition from the way it is used.

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