JR Great Books Homestead

Locusts are…

a type of grasshopper that can form massive swarms

Sod is…

a patch of grass that is harvested with the roots and dirt still attached

The Great Plains are…

a vast, mostly flat grassland in central North America

Immigrants are…

people who leave their home country to live permanently somewhere else

Frontier is…

the far edge of an area of land where people are starting to settle

Persecution is…

continued cruel treatment

Fertile is…

ability to grow many crops

Humanitarians are…

people who work to improve other people's lives

Sacredness is…

holiness

Hardships are…

things that cause suffering or pain

Unrequited toil is…

hard work that is not rewarded

Privations is…

lack of basic things that people need to live

Isolated is…

far from other people or places

Undertaking is…

difficult or important task

Temperament is…

a person's usual attitude or mood

Consolation is…

comfort

Agricultural is…

having to do with agriculture or farming

What is continued cruel treatment?

persecution

What is the far edge of an area of land where people are starting to settle?

frontier

What is the word for things that cause suffering or pain?

hardships

What is a person's usual attitude or mood?

temperament

What is the word for a difficult or important task?

undertaking

What is a word that means holiness?

sacredness

What do you call people who work to improve other people's lives?

humanitarians

What do you call land when it is able to grow many crops?

fertile

What do you call it when someone is far from other people or places?

isolated

What is the lack of basic things that people need to live?

privations

What do you call hard work that is not rewarded?

unrequited toil

What is another word for comfort?

consolation

What is a word that has to do with agriculture or farming?

agricultural