Match the Term with the Definition

question 17

Multiple Choice

Match the term with the definition.
-Legislation that promised 160 acres in the trans-Mississippi West free to any citizen or prospective citizen who settled on the land for five years. The act spurred American settlement of the West. Altogether nearly one-tenth of the United States was granted to settlers.

• A)Battle of the Little Big Horn
• B)Black Hills
• C)Carlisle Indian School
• D)Chinese Exclusion Act
• E)Comanchería
• F)Comstock Lode
• G)Dawes Allotment Act
• H)first transcontinental railroad
• I)Ghost Dance
• J)Homestead Act of 1862
• K)reservations
• L)Wounded Knee

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Definitions:

Connie Gersick

A researcher known for her work on group dynamics, especially the concept of punctuated equilibrium in project teams.

Punctuated Equilibrium

A theory suggesting that evolutionary development is marked by isolated episodes of rapid speciation between long periods of little or no change.

Hierarchy

A structure where groups or individuals are organized in levels of importance or power, each one superior to the one below.

Informal

Informal pertains to actions or situations that occur without official formality, often characterized by a relaxed, casual approach.