Outcome 3 Crossword Puzzle - Social 10-1
Across
- 1. An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation.
- 6. Energy sources such as coal, oil and natural gas that come from ancient remains of plants and animals - "_____ Fuels".
- 8. An organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world.
- 11. A group of countries in Europe that work together, using the same currency (the Euro) in order to strengthen and grow their economies.
- 12. The selling of a public service, such as electricity delivery or health care, to a private company so that the service is no longer owned by the government.
- 13. Commercial agriculture characterized by integration of different steps in the food-processing industry, usually through ownership by large corporations.
- 16. A process that involves countries in reducing or removing trade barriers, such as tariffs and quotas, so goods and services can move around the world more freely.
- 19. A tax on imported goods.
- 20. An economic system based on the holding of all property by the community as a whole or by the state.
- 23. Regulates trade in services, such as telecommunications and banking, as well as goods.
- 24. Type of plan to protect and preserve the environment and natural resources of an area.
- 25. Group of seven leading industrial countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States who meet to discuss issues of importance such as economies, trade, defence, the environment and human rights issues.
- 26. Canadian government agency responsible for administering foreign aid programs in less developed countries.
Down
- 1. The tendency for society to move, work and live increasingly more in towns and cities than in rural areas.
- 2. Development that meets the people's needs in the present without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their needs - "______ Prosperity".
- 3. An economic system based on private property and free enterprise.
- 4. A precious gemstone mined under forced or dangerous conditions to fund war or rebellion - "_______ Stone".
- 5. Free trade agreement created in 1994 between Canada, United States and Mexico to remove tariffs and encourage more trade between the countries with less barriers. Replaced in 2020 with the USMCA trade agreement.
- 7. Accepting responsibility for ensuring that the earth's resources remain sustainable.
- 9. When two countries agree to eliminate all tariffs and taxes on goods and services traded between them.
- 10. Any natural resource that can replenish itself in a relatively short period of time, such as some types of lumber, solar power and wind energy.
- 14. The value of all the goods and services a country produces in a year; used to measure the strength of a country's economy.
- 15. The removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves.
- 17. A business strategy that involves reducing costs by using suppliers of products and services in countries where labour is cheaper and government regulation may be less strict.
- 18. An international bank that lends money to help those countries that are in need i.e. Lending money to a war torn country.
- 20. In Canada, corporations or businesses that are owned by the government, ie. Canada Post and the CBC.
- 21. International financial agreement signed shortly before the end of World War II that created the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
- 22. A condition of the Bretton Woods Agreement that all printed money be able to be converted to gold.