Economic Geography

4. Low-lying areas where sugar-cane is grown.
5. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange, which minerals helped establish.
11. The R14 billion generated annually by the South African sugar industry.
13. The process of rapid development of cities that was contributed to by mining.
14. The Gross Domestic Product, which mining contributed 8% to in 2017.
15. What sugar mills produce as waste.
17. A vertical opening used to access underground minerals.
18. The exchange of goods and services for money.

1. What mining companies pay, which stimulates economic growth and development.
2. A type of worker who has specialized knowledge obtained through formal training
3. The type of exchange that is money paid to South Africa for its goods and services.
6. An industry known for its significant contribution to South Africa's economy.
7. An extreme climate event that can hinder sugar-cane production.
8. The sugar industry contributes to the creation of these, especially in rural areas.
9. A type of soil that favors sugar-cane production.
10. A surface mining technique that extracts minerals from an open pit.
12. Goods and services that are sold to foreign countries.
16. The currency whose low strength against the dollar favors sugar-cane production.