Interconnected World's
Across
- 8. an intergovernmental organization of all the world’s major oil-exporting nations.
- 9. an economic policy in which the government does not try to limit imports or exports by enacting tariffs or subsidies.
- 10. the movement of people from rural areas, usually called towns, to urban areas, which are called cities.
- 11. an economy's dependence on a particular resource in order to be successful.
- 13. an economic system in which business owners decide what to produce, as well as how to produce and distribute it.
- 14. a country that has little industrial development and therefore a relatively low standard of living.
- 16. policies put in place by a government to restrict trade with one country, with a group of countries, or with specific businesses or individuals.
- 17. an economic region of europe that is united under the euro, a common currency.
- 19. a trade pact signed in 1992 between the United States and its North American neighbors.
- 22. the informal name for India’s large and popular movie industry.
- 23. the economic sector that includes service industries that offer services to other businesses and consumers.
- 24. a tax that is placed on imported goods
- 25. an economic system in which the government controls the means of production, such as land, labor, and machinery.
Down
- 1. an index designed by the United Nations to measure the basic contentment of people living in a particular country.
- 2. business owners and consumers still make most of the economic decisions.
- 3. a country has significant industrial development and therefore a relatively high standard of living.
- 4. the shared characteristics of a group of people.
- 5. the increasing interdependence of nations and people across the globe.
- 6. peoples quality of life based on the goods and services that are available to them.
- 7. the manufacturing sector of an economy.
- 12. the process by which previously colonized countries free themselves from their colonizers.
- 15. underlying foundation of a system, organization, or location.
- 18. the part of an economy that makes use of natural resources.
- 20. the practice of protecting a country’s local business or industry.
- 21. the act of coming to a new country from one’s home country to live permanently.
- 26. the search for food, safety, and shelter.