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- 7. a tax that is placed on imported goods when they enter a country
- 12. an economy's dependence on a particular resource in order to be successful
- 13. Turning iron ore into steel, producing textiles, and assembling automobiles
- 19. the movement of people from rural areas, usually called towns, to urban areas, which are called cities
- 20. a trade pact signed in 1992 between the United States and its North American neighbors, Canada and Mexico
- 21. The increasing interdependence of nations and peoples across the globe
- 22. an economic system in which business owners decide what to produce, as well as how to produce and distribute it
- 24. one that has little industrial development and therefore a relatively low standard of living.
- 25. an economic region of Europe that is united under the euro, a common currency
- 26. the practice of protecting a country’s local business or industry
Down
- 1. is an economic system in which business owners decide what to produce, as well as and how to produce and distribute it. Citizens decide what to buy
- 2. is an economic system in which the government controls the means of production, such as land, labor, and machinery
- 3. the shared characteristics of a group of people. As cultures develop, they gain new customs, ideas, arts, religions, forms of government, technologies, and other cultural elements
- 4. includes service industries that offer services to other businesses and consumers
- 5. designed by the United Nations to measure the basic contentment of people living in a particular country
- 6. the part that makes direct use of natural resources
- 8. an economic policy in which a nation does not try to limit imports or exports by enacting tariffs or subsidies
- 9. an intergovernmental organization of the world’s major oil-exporting nations
- 10. they often have a high gross domestic product (GDP), which is the total value of goods and services sold during a period of time,
- 11. the informal name for India's large and popular movie industry.
- 14. policies put in place by a government to restrict trade with one country, with a group of countries, or with specific businesses or individuals
- 15. when people move from one country to another, or internal, when they move within a given region or country.
- 16. the act of coming to a new country from one’s home country to live permanently
- 17. refers to people’s quality of life based on the goods and services that are available to them
- 18. the underlying foundation or framework of a system, organization, or location
- 23. the process by which previously colonized countries free themselves from their colonizers