United States Crossword Puzzle

2. a formal and organized choice by a vote of a person for a political office or other position.
3. a gate of a town or castle opening on to a lake, river, or sea.
5. careful management of available resources.
6. A state of the eastern United States in 1788.
8. a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country.
9. rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground.
10. The angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator,
12. The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.
14. the belief in and worship of superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.
16. a small branch of an artery leading into capillaries.
17. A river, canal, or other routes for travel by water.
18. the part of the land near the sea; the edge of the land.

1. the part of the land adjoining or near the sea.
4. of the action or process of reconstructing or being reconstructed.
7. A group of houses and associated buildings, larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town, situated in a rural area.
10. a simple slow-growing plant that typically forms a low crusty, leaflike, or branching growth on rocks, walls, and trees.
11. The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
13. The science or practice of farming, including cultivating products.
15. Narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land.