Across
- 1. – The **power or right to make decisions**.
- 5. – **Lasting a long time**; **drawn out**.
- 6. – **Goods** or **products** that are bought and sold.
- 9. – A long time with no rain.
- 11. – To **support** or **strengthen** something.
- 14. – Near the **equator** (the middle line of the Earth).
- 16. – **Making something last longer**.
- 17. – **Very important**.
- 18. – Can mean **hair**, or **mechanisms** used to **close and secure** things.
Down
- 2. – The **best** or most **effective**.
- 3. – **Hit repeatedly**.
- 4. – **Damaged** or **spoiled**.
- 7. – Something that makes you feel **wonder or amazement**.
- 8. domestic product (GDP)** – The **total value of all goods and services** a country produces.
- 10. – **Containers** that hold things, or ships.
- 12. – A **line** of people or things waiting.
- 13. – **Held back** or **slowed down**.
- 15. – A **first version** of something written; also a **current of air**.
- 19. – A type of **advanced math** about change and movement.
- 20. – Short **periods of time**.
