Unit 2.1 - Jamestown and the First Colonies

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant (9)
  2. 7. Country in the UK whose capital is London (7)
  3. 8. Long stream of water flowing to the sea (plural) (6)
  4. 10. One of the British colonies that formed the United States (13)
  5. 12. A river in the northeastern United States (11)
  6. 15. A town in Massachusetts founded by Pilgrims in 1620 (8)
  7. 16. Building where people live (5)

Down

  1. 1. English writer of satirical novels (plural) (9)
  2. 2. Male ruler of a kingdom (4)
  3. 4. Persons who make or amend or repeal laws (11)
  4. 5. A command given by a superior that must be obeyed (plural) (6)
  5. 6. A small cosmetics case with a mirror (7)
  6. 9. A resident of a ___ (8)
  7. 11. Language spoken in the USA and the UK (7)
  8. 13. A body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland (6)
  9. 14. Name of two of Jesus' disciples (5)