Across
- 3. he cost of passing up the second choice when making a decision
- 4. human-made goods that people use to produce goods and services; also, money or other resources used to create wealth
- 5. resistance of an organism to infection or disease; the condition of being unaffected by something
- 7. economic system in which individuals and businesses own the factors of production, and buyers and sellers choose to do business with those who satisfy their needs and wants best
- 9. a sea passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific along the north coast of North America
- 11. the sharing of power between the national government and state and local governments
Down
- 1. economic system in which people and businesses are free to own the means of production and to compete for profit with a minimum of government interference
- 2. Spanish explorer in the Americas during the 1500s
- 4. to go around completely
- 6. natural feature of the Earth’s land surface
- 8. a community of living things and the surroundings in which they live
- 10. a tax on imports