Across
- 2. Boot-shaped Mediterranean country famous for pasta
- 4. Middle Eastern country, sacred to many faiths
- 5. (Volga River)** Longest river in Europe flows through this vast country
- 6. (Berlin and Ulm)** Country with a capital that was once divided
- 9. European country known for pierogi and Chopin
- 11. Country known as the Land Down Under
- 15. Middle Eastern kingdom with ancient Petra
- 16. (Loire River)** This river in France is famed for its vineyards
- 17. Landlocked country known for watches and neutrality
Down
- 1. The Last Frontier, to Americans
- 3. (Drake Passage)** Rough waters named for a famed English sea captain
- 5. River** Flows through ten countries, more than any other in the world
- 7. (Burma)** Southeast Asian country formerly known by another name
- 8. (Nile River)** This country's lifeline flows northward to the Mediterranean
- 10. Kingdom (London)** Where Big Ben chimes
- 12. (Amazon Forest)** Country home to part of the world's largest rainforest
- 13. (Galapagos Islands)** Darwin's evolutionary study site
- 14. Himalayan country home to Mount Everest's peak