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Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific (6)
  2. 7. A midwestern state in central United States (8)
  3. 8. Available source of wealth (plural) (9)
  4. 11. The capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca (10)
  5. 14. One of the first colonists or settlers in a new territory (7)
  6. 15. Process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space (6)
  7. 16. The cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees (4)

Down

  1. 1. A period of 100 years (7)
  2. 2. An American pioneer and guide and explorer (5)
  3. 4. Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation (plural) (9)
  4. 5. The countries of Europe and North America and South America (4)
  5. 6. United States general who was Allied commander in Africa and Italy in World War II and was (5)
  6. 9. A person who ___ in a new colony or moves into new country (plural) (8)
  7. 10. A wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country (8)
  8. 12. United States rock star singer and pianist (5)
  9. 13. A track or mark left by something that has passed (5)