Current Events December Review Pt. 2

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Across
  1. 3. From the article, “Middle East Mess”: This Muslim sect makes up the majority of the population and controls the government in Iraq.
  2. 6. Which European nation has agreed to take in 800,000 refugees?
  3. 8. From the article, “The Migrant Crisis”: Most of the migrants arriving in Europe have crossed this body of water:
  4. 10. From the article, “Middle East Mess: The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is a radical ____________ group(Muslim sect).
  5. 12. For migrants, the main benefit of receiving _________, is that it allows them to stay in Europe permanently.
  6. 13. From the article, “The Migrant Crisis”: Many of the migrants arriving in Europe have been fleeing a civil war in _________.
Down
  1. 1. From the article, “Middle East Mess: ISIS’s main goal is to establish a strict Islamic state, or a ___________, in the Middle East without regard to present-day borders.
  2. 2. From the article, “Tambora”: a horseshoe-shaped string of roughly 450 volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean is a region also known as the _________________.
  3. 3. These people are profiting from the wave of migrants fleeing the Middle East and Africa by charging money for their services.
  4. 4. This week, the U.S. announced that a new strike force would be deployed to what Middle Eastern country, further increasing the American military presence there?
  5. 5. Despite recent attacks in their country, ___________ still plans to accept refugees from Syria.
  6. 7. From the article, “The Migrant Crisis”: Which European nation is building a wall to keep migrants out?
  7. 9. From the article, “Tambora”: Mount Tambora, located in ______________, erupted in 1815 causing a three-year climate crisis across the globe.
  8. 11. A fighter jet from what country recently shot down a Russian warplane near the border of Turkey and Syria?