North Carolina 

 Tar Heel State - 12th - November 12, 1789 

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 ACROSS 

 1  ocean east of North Carolina 
 5  state flower (2 words) 
 6  residents (2 words) 
 8  postal abbreviation 

 11  North Carolina was one of the 

 original 13 __________ in the New  
 World 

 13  brothers Orville and Wilbur 

 __________ built the first successful  
 airplanes 

 14  state capital 
 15  state animal (2 words) 

 DOWN 

 2  city that is the headquarters for the 

 Eastern Band of the Cherokee  
 Indians 

 3  highest point (2 words) 
 4  state tree 
 7  largest city 
 9  North Carolina shares borders with 

 South Carolina, __________,  
 Virginia, and Tennesee 

 10  state bird 
 12  state motto - "To be, rather than to 

 __________"