Across
- 4. someone who believes in the philosophy of communism
- 5. this connects the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
- 7. the synthesis of two opposing or contradictory beliefs or values
- 9. well-respected worldwide news organization that comes from England
- 11. language spoken by people on the Arabian Peninsula
- 12. brutal dictator who led Iraq from 1979 to 2003
- 13. language spoken by people in Iran (Persians)
Down
- 1. the longest river in the world
- 2. adjective that means morally correct, was used to describe Mohammad Mosaddegh
- 3. American spy agency
- 4. literally translates to "between rivers"
- 6. only continent entirely in both the Northern and Western Hemispheres
- 8. sea directly north of Iran
- 10. battle for supremacy between the USA and the former Soviet Union that divided the world