Across
- 3. the plants and animals that depend on each other and their environment for survival
- 4. policies to save money
- 7. dictators
- 8. areas of Middle and South America influenced by cultures of Spain, France, or Portugal
- 9. chain of mountains split up into three ranges
- 11. ownership of land
- 12. democracy in which the people elect representatives to make the nations's laws
- 14. sinking of the ground
- 17. took ownership of, the oil industry
Down
- 1. sculpting the hillside into different levels for crops
- 2. helping the enemy
- 5. a legendary gold rich king
- 6. private armies
- 10. mountains that plunge down to lowland plains
- 13. armed forces that are unauthorized by the government
- 15. soldiers who make surprise raids on their enemies
- 16. rebels
