Asian Countries

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. An Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean (5)
  2. 7. A landlocked principality in the Himalayas to the northeast of India (6)
  3. 8. A Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay (10)
  4. 9. An Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea (6)
  5. 10. A mountainous landlocked country in central Asia (11)
  6. 13. A mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal (7)
  7. 15. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia (4)
  8. 16. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula (4)

Down

  1. 1. A theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia (4)
  2. 2. A nation in southeastern Asia (8)
  3. 4. A republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands (9)
  4. 5. An absolute monarchy occupying most of the ___ Peninsula in southwest Asia (11)
  5. 6. A republic in the ___ half of the ___ Peninsula (10)
  6. 11. A country in southeastern Asia on the island of ___ (9)
  7. 12. A communist country in the ___ half of the ___ Peninsula (10)
  8. 14. A republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean (5)