Across
- 3. resources people that work to produce and services in a business
- 4. the willingness and ability of a consumer to buy goods and services at a specific price
- 8. economy when there is a drastic change in market activity
- 9. a person who uses goods or services
- 11. system an economic system where two forces, known as supply and demand, direct the production of goods and services
- 13. depression a sustained period of significant economic decline that sees a nation's GDP drop, unemployment rates rise and consumer confidence suffer
- 15. goods an item that can be seen or touched and is essential for survival
- 16. resources equipment, building, money that is used to produce goods and services
- 17. general increase in the price of goods and services over a period of time
- 20. goods a product or service that consumers see as essentially the same or similar-enough to another product
- 21. the total amount of a specific good or service that is available to consumers
- 22. resources means through which goods and services are made available to consumers
- 24. goods an item which can be seen or touched but is not necessary for survival
- 25. an item not necessary for survival but that adds pleasure and comfort to life
Down
- 1. economy those in which customs and traditions are more important than money
- 2. resources those raw materials that we get from earth
- 5. cannot be perceived by touch
- 6. economy one that combines aspects of both capitalism and socialism
- 7. an item that can be seen or touched
- 10. a period between a peak and a trough in the business cycle where there is a significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy that can last from a few months to more than a year
- 12. the state in which market supply and demand balance each other, and as a result prices become stable
- 14. goods products that are typically used together
- 18. an item necessary for survival
- 19. people or business that buy goods or services
- 23. economy one in which a centralized government controls the means of production and determines output levels