Across
- 2. Economic resources a nation uses to make goods and supply services for its population.
- 7. The value of the next best option that was not selected.
- 9. When something is given up in order to gain something else.
- 10. Characteristics of a product that satisfy wants and needs
- 12. Organized way in which a nation chooses to use its resources to create goods and services.
- 13. science that examines how goods and services are produced, sold, and used
- 14. Products businesses use to produce other goods.
- 16. An economy in which individuals are free to make their own decisions, also known as free enterprise or private enterprise.
- 20. Customers who purchase goods and services for their own use
- 23. An economic principle that states the price of a product is determined by the relationship of the supply of the product and the demand for the product.
- 25. An economy in which both the government and individuals make decisions about economic resources.
- 26. individual or group who buys products
- 27. anything that can be bought or sold
- 28. Money earned in exchange for work
- 31. Actions taken by two or more businesses attempting to attract the same customers.
- 32. physical item that can be touched
Down
- 1. Process of choosing an option after evaluating the available information and weighing the costs and benefits of your alternatives.
- 3. Something a person desires, but can live without
- 4. An economic system, where the economic resources are privately owned by individuals rather than the government.
- 5. The difference between the income earned and expenses incurred by a business during a specific period of time
- 6. An economy in which economic decisions are based on a society’s values, culture, and customs.
- 8. When demand is higher than the available resources.
- 11. All the tools, equipment, and machinery used to produce goods or provide services.
- 15. term for all activities involved in developing and exchanging products
- 17. Person who starts a new business or purchases an existing business.
- 18. something a person must have to survive
- 19. Anywhere buyers and sellers meet to buy and sell goods and services
- 21. Level of material comfort measured by the goods, services, and luxuries available
- 22. Willingness and ability to start a new business.
- 24. An economy in which the government makes all the economic decisions for its citizens.
- 29. action or task that is performed, usually for a fee
- 30. Work performed by people in organizations, also called human resource.
