Chapter 8

4. – The number of items that producers offer for sale at a certain price.
7. – A group of businesses that make up a type of product or provide a type of service.
10. – A cowboy that rides along the borders of a ranch to watch the cattle.
12. – A place where two or more rail lines meet.
14. – A steam engine used to pull a train.
16. – To make or process goods, especially by machine in large quantities.
19. – An economic system in which people are free to buy and sell goods and services with little control by the government.
21. – Grassy plains of Texas.
22. – A consumer’s, or buyer’s, willingness to buy a good or service at a certain price.

1. – A line of workers who put together just one part of each product riding on a moving platform past the workers who stay in place.
2. – In the countryside.
3. – A design burned into the hide of a cow.
5. – A person or company that makes or sells goods or offers a service.
6. – A twisted wire with sharp points, or barbs, along it.
8. – A systematic gathering of things, such as cattle.
9. – Natural oil.
11. – A time of rapid growth.
13. – A sudden rush of a herd of frightened animals, such as cattle.
15. – A factory that cleans and processes oil into products such as gasoline or kerosene.
17. – In the city.
18. – A person or company that buys or uses goods and services.
20. – A newly created product.