States

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. A state in the western United States (6)
  2. 4. The second largest state (5)
  3. 8. One of the British colonies that formed the United States (7)
  4. 9. One of the British colonies that formed the United States (9)
  5. 12. One of the British colonies that formed the United States (13)
  6. 13. A state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico (9)
  7. 14. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico (7)
  8. 15. A midwestern state in north central United States (9)
  9. 16. A state in southwestern United States (7)

Down

  1. 1. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific (6)
  2. 2. A state in New England (7)
  3. 5. A state in southeastern United States (7)
  4. 6. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the ___ Islands (6)
  5. 7. A major North American river and the chief river of the United States (11)
  6. 10. A state in the western United States (4)
  7. 11. A state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains (8)