Places around the world

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. A republic in western South America (4)
  2. 6. A city in north central California 75 miles to the northeast of San Francisco on the ___ (10)
  3. 8. A group of ___ in northeastern West Indies discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493 (13)
  4. 9. A ship ___ 40 miles long across the Isthmus of ___ built by the United States (11)
  5. 12. A city of central European Russia (6)
  6. 14. Capital and largest city of Colombia (6)
  7. 15. A midwestern state (9)
  8. 16. Island country in the Atlantic to the east of Florida and Cuba (7)

Down

  1. 1. Capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Republic (6)
  2. 2. A republic in Central America (9)
  3. 3. An island republic on the island of ___ (7)
  4. 5. French capital with the Eiffel Tower (5)
  5. 7. Capital of the state of Florida (11)
  6. 10. A city in south central Alaska (9)
  7. 11. The capital and largest city of Japan (5)
  8. 13. A city in southern Quebec province on the Saint Lawrence River (8)