ARAB SPRING

3. One factor that caused the Arab Spring. Lack of work/jobs.
5. A series of political and social movements in northern Africa and the Middle East in 2010 and 2011.
10. One holding complete autocratic control; a person with unlimited governmental power.
11. Tunisian street vendor whose self-immolation after being harassed by municipal officials catalyzed the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia and helped inspire a wider pro-democracy protest movement in the Middle East and North Africa known as the Arab Spring.
14. Type of government that protestors wanted to replace the authoritarian governments.
15. Dishonest or illegal behavior especially by powerful people (such as government officials or police officers)
17. A war between opposing groups of citizens of the same country. These occurred in countries such as Syria, Lenoanon, and Libya following the Arab spring.
18. Phrase or idiom that means “How much” or “To what degree”.

1. Played an important role in spreading the Arab Spring from Tunisia to other countries in the Middle East.
2. A condition where water demand exceeds available water supply. Water __________ .
4. Country where the Arab Spring began.
6. Another way to describe the Middle East region.
7. A government, especially an authoritarian one.
8. Characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty.
9. A household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.
12. The Arab Spring was a series of pro-democracy uprisings that enveloped several largely __________ countries, including Tunisia, Morocco, Syria, Libya, Egypt and Bahrain.
13. An overthrow or total change of government.
16. The act of objecting or a gesture of disapproval, such as to a government.