Across
- 3. nickname of Midwest - "nation's ____"
- 6. natural resource used to make steel
- 11. Pacific Northwest: Oregon & ______
- 13. Hawaii - 8 main islands in ____ Ocean
- 14. city, center of auto industry in Midwest
- 15. natural resource used to fuel factories
- 17. auto industry grew in Michigan because it was close to ___-making centers
- 19. ____ Mountains - largest in West
- 20. largest U.S. state (land area
- 23. ______ railroad - led to growth of western cities
- 24. city, movie and aircraft industries grew
Down
- 1. Most of Midwest - fertile soil & ___ land
- 2. Grand Canyon located in this state
- 4. pipe that carries water long distance
- 5. treeless plain found in Alaska
- 7. average number of days between spring frost and fall frost
- 8. the 50th state - entered union in 1959
- 9. natural resource found near Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
- 10. ____ Rush - event in which many fortune-seeking people moved west
- 12. L.A. receives water from ____ Valley
- 16. Brooks Mountain Range - found in _______
- 18. Midwest state known for dairy products
- 19. early farm technology - mechanical _____
- 21. gold & silver, examples of _____ wealth
- 22. Many people left farms for higher paying work in ____