interactive world

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Across
  1. 1. In general such a country has significant industrial development and therefore a relatively high standard of living.
  2. 5. These characteristics sometimes come from within the society. Other times, they spread from another society in a process called cultural diffusion.
  3. 7. policies put in place by a government to restrict trade with one country, with a group of countries, or with specific businesses or individuals.
  4. 8. movement from one part of something to another.
  5. 11. The increasing interdependence of nations and peoples across the globe
  6. 13. known as a duty or customs duty, is a tax that is placed on imported goods when they enter a country.
  7. 14. country may be dependent on a certain crop, such as corn.
  8. 17. is often called a free market, is an economic system in which business owners decide what to produce
  9. 19. was a trade pact signed in 1992 between the United States and its North American neighbors, Canada and Mexico.
  10. 20. is an economic policy in which a nation does not try to limit imports or exports by enacting tariffs or subsidies.
  11. 23. the underlying foundation or framework of a system, organization, or location.
  12. 25. the process of moving to a new country or region with the intention of staying and living there.
  13. 26. sharing features of both market and command economies.
Down
  1. 2. most of which are located in the Middle East, North Africa, and South America, agreed to work together to control worldwide prices for oil.
  2. 3. designed by the United Nations to measure the basic contentment of people living in a particular country.
  3. 4. is an economic system in which the central government plans what to produce and at what price, how to distribute it, and who may buy it.
  4. 6. often have a low gross domestic product
  5. 9. people’s quality of life based on the goods and services that are available to them. Factors that determine people's standard of living include whether they have housing and food, as well as access to education, transportation, utilities, and health care
  6. 10. is the process by which previously colonized countries free themselves from their colonizers.
  7. 12. is the informal name for India's large and popular movie industry. Its name comes from a combination of Bombay, which is a city in India now called Mumbai, and Hollywood, the center of the U.S. film industry.
  8. 15. is an economic region of Europe that is united under the euro, a common currency.
  9. 16. is divided into sectors, with each sector representing a different type of activity
  10. 18. is the part that makes direct use of natural resources
  11. 21. is the practice of protecting a country’s local business or industry.
  12. 22. includes service industries that offer services to other businesses and consumers.
  13. 24. is the movement of people from rural areas, usually called towns, to urban areas, which are called cities.