Across
- 3. A city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, 50 km (31 mi) from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France
- 6. in the Horn of Africa, is a rugged, landlocked country split by the Great Rift Valley.
- 9. a village in N Poland, formerly in East Prussia site of a decisive defeat of the Teutonic Knights by the Poles in 1410
- 11. To the east of India on the Bay of Bengal, is a South Asian country marked by lush greenery and many waterways
- 13. The highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately 750 mi
- 15. Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres.
- 16. Officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.
Down
- 1. A country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean
- 2. A vast nation that stretches from eastern Europe across the Eurasian land mass. It was the most powerful republic of the former Soviet Union
- 4. An island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean
- 5. The capital and largest city of Austria; located on the Danube in northeastern Austria
- 7. Is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships
- 8. kingdom located in central Africa in present-day northern Angola, the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 10. The capital city of Italy. It is also the capital of the Lazio region
- 11. A country on the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe.
- 12. A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power.
- 14. a Caribbean country that shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic to its east