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The Adventure Begins

Choice/Decision-Making

Scarcity

Opportunity Cost

2

Nebraska's Place in the World

Producers/Production

Specialization

Markets

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Natural Nebraska

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Native Americans on the Plains

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Explorers, Traders, and Missionaries​

Barter/Trade

Interdependence

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Go West!

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Live in the Territory

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Settling in Nebraska

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Strangers in Their Own Land

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Government for all of Us

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Making a Living in Nebraska

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