Across
- 3. Includes manufacturing activities, which may be referred to as secondary production
- 8. A tax that is placed on imported goods when they enter a country
- 9. A trade pact signed in 1992 between the United States and its North American neighbors, Canada and Mexico
- 12. An economic system in which the central government plans what to produce and at what price, how to distribute it, and who may buy it
- 14. Makes use of mostly natural resources
- 15. An economic system in which business owners decide what to produce, as well as and how to produce and distribute it
- 17. A country with significant industrial development and high living standards
- 18. Can be either international, when people move from one country to another, or internal, when they move within a given region or country
- 19. The transmission of cultural elements, such as customs, ideas, and religions, from one group to another
- 23. The standards of living refer to people’s quality of life based on the goods and services that are available to them
- 25. An economic policy in which a nation does not try to limit imports or exports by enacting tariffs or subsidies
- 26. An economic region of Europe that is united under the euro, a common currency
Down
- 1. an index designed by the United Nations to measure the basic contentment of people living in a particular country
- 2. The process by which previously colonized countries free themselves from their colonizers
- 4. Policies put in place by a government to restrict trade with one country, with a group of countries, or with specific businesses or individuals
- 5. The informal name for India's large and popular movie industry
- 6. An economy's dependence on a particular resource in order to be successful
- 7. The movement of people from rural areas, usually called towns, to urban areas, which are called cities
- 10. The increasing interdependence of nations and peoples across
- 11. Includes service industries that offer services to other businesses and consumers
- 13. The practice of protecting a country’s local business or industry
- 16. A country with little industrial development and not adequate living standards
- 20. The act of coming to a new country from one’s home country to live permanently
- 21. The substructure or framework of a system, location, or organization
- 22. Business owners and consumers still make most of the economic decisions but governments may regulate the markets in order to provide stability, to protect national interests, or to prevent monopolies
- 24. An intergovernmental organization of the world’s major oil-exporting nations