Grade 9 Economics

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Across
  1. 1. How a country or community decides to use its resources (like money, land, and workers) to make and share things people need and want.
  2. 3. When individuals or businesses try to outdo each other to be successful or to get more customers.
  3. 6. Someone or a company that makes goods or provides services to sell to others.
  4. 9. The amount of money you need to pay to get something.
  5. 10. Illegal buying and selling of goods or services that are not allowed by the government.
  6. 11. When there isn't enough of something people want or need. It's like when there aren't enough cookies for everyone to have as many as they want.
  7. 13. Economy Most decisions about what to make and sell are made by people and companies based on what they think people will buy. The government doesn't control much of what happens.
  8. 20. Government-run programs that provide services to people in need, like healthcare or housing assistance.
  9. 21. When the government takes action to change or control something in the economy, like making rules or giving money to help.
  10. 23. Programs that help people who are struggling financially, like unemployment benefits or food assistance.
  11. 24. When the government owns and runs businesses or property on behalf of everyone.
  12. 25. To encourage more activity or growth in the economy, often by the government spending money or making it easier for people to spend money.
  13. 26. How much of something (like a toy or a service) people are willing to sell at a certain price and time.
  14. 29. Something that benefits everyone in society, like clean air, parks, or roads.
  15. 30. Believing that people should take care of themselves and their own interests without much help from others.
  16. 31. Believes that the government should help more with things like jobs, healthcare, and education to make life fairer for everyone.
Down
  1. 2. A type of company owned and operated by the government.
  2. 4. When people or companies own and run businesses or property instead of the government.
  3. 5. How much of something (like a toy or a service) people are willing to buy at a certain price and time.
  4. 7. Believes that the government should help less and let people and companies do more things on their own to succeed.
  5. 8. Money given by the government to help businesses or people with the cost of something, like farming or education.
  6. 12. Believing that people should work together and share things to make life better for everyone.
  7. 14. When people or groups work together to achieve a common goal.
  8. 15. The things needed to make stuff: land (like forests and water), labor (people's work), and capital (tools and machines).
  9. 16. Money people and businesses have to pay to the government to help pay for public services like schools and roads.
  10. 17. Economy The government decides what gets made and sold and how much it costs. People and companies don't have much say in these decisions.
  11. 18. Economy A mix of different ways that people and the government make decisions about what gets made and shared. Some things are decided by individuals and companies, and some things are decided by the government.
  12. 19. How good or comfortable people's lives are in a certain place. It includes things like having a nice place to live, good healthcare, education, and being able to afford the things you need.
  13. 22. A tax on the money people earn from their jobs or businesses.
  14. 27. When one company or group controls almost all of a particular market or industry.
  15. 28. When people with higher incomes pay a higher percentage of their income in taxes than people with lower incomes.