Gold Rush

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. A major port of entry and the largest city in Washington (7)
  2. 4. A land mass that projects well above its surroundings (8)
  3. 5. The phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating (plural) (8)
  4. 7. A North American river that flows westward from the ___ Territory through central Alaska to (5)
  5. 8. Country north of the USA known for maple syrup (6)
  6. 10. Shiny yellow metal used in jewelry (4)

Down

  1. 1. Frozen water (3)
  2. 2. A region in northwestern Canada where gold was discovered in 1896 but exhausted by 1910 (8)
  3. 6. To make a sweeping movement (7)
  4. 8. Low in temperature; also a sniffly illness (4)
  5. 9. A state in northwestern North America (6)