Across
- 2. - self-governing.
- 3. - a large farm.
- 7. - the wide variety of life on Earth.
- 8. - having qualities in common.
- 10. - reliance.
- 12. - a member of a small, defensive force of irregular soldiers.
Down
- 1. - planting young trees or seeds on lands where trees have been cut or destroyed.
- 4. - an area where trade barriers between countries are relaxed or lowered.
- 5. - to begin.
- 6. crops - a farm product grown for sale.
- 9. - something somebody is born to.
- 11. - a person who often ruled a Latin American country as a dictator and was generally a high-ranking military officer or a rich man.