countries

3. a large island, lying mostly within the Arctic Circle off the Northeast coast of North America
4. capital of China
6. one thousand million
8. either of two numbers or letters used to fix the position of a point on a map
10. an island in the Mediterranean Sea. Because there has been a lot of tension between the Greek and Turkish communities on the island, United Nations soldiers have been there since 1964 to keep the peace
14. all the people who live in a particular area, city or country
16. a republic in the North East of Africa on the Mediterranean and Red Sea
17. a Baltic country

1. having a value in the middle of a series of values e.g. _______ age
2. a very small country in Western Europe
5. the number of years that a person is likely to live: life _________
7. the land along a coast, especially when you are thinking of its shape or appearance
9. a particular part of a town, a country, a region, or the world
11. a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one kilometer on each side: ______ kilometer
12. the total value of all the goods and services produced by a country in one year (abbreviation)
13. the most important town or city of a country, usually where the central gov-ernment operates from
15. a country in western Africa: _____ Coast