Across
- 1. Often have a high gross domestic product (GDP), which is the total value of goods and services sold during a period of time, usually a year.
- 5. Have mixed economies, sharing features of both market and command economies.
- 12. Refers to an economy's dependence on a particular resource in order to be successful.
- 13. An organization enabling the co-operation of leading oil-producing countries, in order to collectively influence the global market and maximize profit.
- 15. An index designed by the United Nations to measure the basic contentment of people living in a particular country.
- 16. An economic system in which the government controls the means of production, such as land, labor, and machinery.
- 18. The movement of people from rural areas, usually called towns, to urban areas, which are called cities.
- 20. - The purpose of the pact was to make trade between the three nations easier by eliminating some tariffs and reducing others.
- 21. A tax that is placed on imported goods when they enter a country, usually collected to help domestic industries.
- 23. An economic region of Europe that is united under the euro, a common currency.
- 24. Representing a different type of activity.
- 25. The increasing interdependence of nations and peoples across the globe.
- 26. People’s quality of life based on the goods and services that are available to them.
Down
- 2. Policies put in place by a government to restrict trade with one country, with a group of countries, or with specific businesses or individuals.
- 3. Shared characteristics of a group of people.
- 4. Includes service industries that offer services to other businesses and consumers.
- 6. A person who moves away from his or her place of usual residence, whether within a country or across an international border, temporarily or permanently, and for a variety of reasons.
- 7. - The part that makes direct use of natural resources.
- 8. The informal name for India's large and popular movie industry.
- 9. The underlying foundation or framework of a system, organization, or location.
- 10. An economic policy in which a nation does not try to limit imports or exports by enacting tariffs or subsidies.
- 11. The process by which previously colonized countries free themselves from their colonizers.
- 14. One that has little industrial development and therefore a relatively low standard of living.
- 17. An economic system in which business owners decide what to produce, as well as how to produce and distribute it.
- 19. The international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens.
- 22. The practice of protecting a country’s local business or industry.