United States and Canada

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. An imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north (7)
  2. 3. Extensive tract of level open land (5)
  3. 5. A continent in the western hemisphere connected to South ___ by the Isthmus of Panama (12)
  4. 7. A treeless grassy plain (7)
  5. 8. Whether it's rainy, sunny or windy outside (7)
  6. 11. Dry land with very little rain (6)
  7. 12. The largest ___ in the world (12)
  8. 13. Large area covered with trees (6)
  9. 14. An imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator (8)
  10. 15. The chief ___ range of western North America (14)
  11. 16. The prevailing psychological state (7)

Down

  1. 1. Ground that is ___ frozen (10)
  2. 4. The angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich (9)
  3. 6. The 2nd largest ___ (13)
  4. 9. North American republic containing 50 ___ - 48 conterminous ___ in North America plus Alaska (12)
  5. 10. A vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen (6)