a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War | the state capital of Ohio; located in the center of the state; site of Ohio State University |
a major North American river and the chief river of the United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico | a city in western Georgia on the Chattahoochee River; industrial center |
| a town in eastern Mississippi near the border with Alabama |
| Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506) |