The United States 1

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Across
  1. 2. Besides the forty-eight ________ states that occupy the middle latitudes of the continent
  2. 6. The angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes
  3. 7. It is a federal republic of ______ states
  4. 8. Conterminous means sharing a _____ boundary.
Down
  1. 1. The condition of having or being composed of differing elements: variety
  2. 3. meaning to take control of and assert authority over
  3. 4. The United States are located in _______
  4. 5. The major characteristic of the United States is probably its great _____
  5. 7. The United States are the _____ largest country in the world in area (after Russia, Canada and China)