Across
- 3. best example of successful democracy in Latin America
- 6. was NOT captured by Israel in Six-Day War
- 8. first black president of South Africa
- 9. leader for the overthrow of the shah of Iran in 1979
- 11. first president was Hamid Karzai
- 12. created in 1948 by United Nations
- 14. poorest country in Europe
- 16. Iraqi leader who invaded Kuwait and started Gulf War
- 18. former leader of Palestine Liberation Organization
Down
- 1. continent boasts 6 of fastest growing countries
- 2. once part of India
- 3. only communist country in Latin America
- 4. successfully transitioned to capitalism & democracy under Yeltsin
- 5. U.S. company with hundreds of retail stores in China
- 7. a kind of group that China persecutes
- 10. South Korea & Taiwan have copied what successful country
- 11. its leader was Osama bin Laden
- 13. ruler of Serbia tried for war crimes at The Hague
- 15. suffered under Nazis & Soviet communism but is now a democracy established in the 1990s
- 16. In 1997, control of this reverted back to China
- 17. highest economic growth rate of any Latin American country