Across
- 1. essential requirements for survival, safety, and stability, such as food, shelter, and water.
- 5. refer to desires, wishes, or cravings for something; items or experiences people would like to have but can live without.
- 6. is a system (economy) where a central government authority makes all key economic decisions, including production levels, pricing, and resource allocation, rather than market forces
- 10. these resources are materials and substances derived from nature—such as water, air, sunlight, soil, minerals, vegetation, and wildlife—used by humans for survival, economic, and industrial purposes.
- 13. is the quantity of money or value exchanged for goods or services
- 15. an economic system based on culture, customs, and beliefs to determine production and distribution, often featuring subsistence agriculture, hunting, fishing, and gathering.
- 16. refers to the total amount of a good or service available for purchase or use at a given price,
- 17. are physical, tangible items produced, bought, or sold in commerce, including raw materials, manufactured products, and commodities
- 18. intangible economic activities, actions, or performances that provide value to a customer without producing a physical product.
Down
- 2. refers to the desire, willingness, and ability of consumers to purchase goods or services at various price points
- 3. A legal entity separate from its owners
- 4. is an organized entity or effort that produces, buys, or sells goods and services to satisfy customer needs, usually with the goal of generating profit.
- 7. this economy is a system where production, investment, and distribution decisions are guided by price signals created by supply and demand.
- 8. these resources are man-made, durable assets used by businesses to produce goods and services. Examples include machinery, tools, buildings, and technology, which increase efficiency and generate profit over time.
- 9. Two or more people share ownership, management, and unlimited liability.
- 11. these resources refer to the knowledge, skills, abilities, and labor efforts (human capital) that individuals bring to the production of goods and services.
- 12. is the fundamental economic problem of having seemingly unlimited human wants in a world with limited resources.
- 14. Owned by one person with no legal separation between owner and business.
