Across
- 1. designed by the United Nations to measure the basic contentment of people living in a particular country
- 3. the informal name for India's large and popular movie industry
- 6. the movement of people from rural areas
- 9. intergovernmental organization of the world’s major oil-exporting nations
- 10. a trade pact signed in 1992 between the United States and its North American neighbors
- 13. turning iron ore into steel, producing textiles, and assembling automobiles
- 16. The search for safety, food, and shelter
- 18. the practice of protecting a country’s local business or industry
- 22. delivery companies, movie theaters, fast food stores, and dry cleaners
- 23. an economic policy in which a nation does not try to limit imports or exports by enacting tariffs or subsidies
- 24. policies put in place by a government to restrict trade with one country
Down
- 2. the process by which previously colonized countries free themselves from their colonizers
- 4. such a country has significant industrial development and therefore a relatively high standard of living
- 5. often called a free market, is an economic system in which business owners decide what to produce
- 7. economy is the part that makes direct use of natural resources
- 8. people’s quality of life based on the goods and services that are available to them
- 11. the shared characteristics of a group of people
- 12. The increasing interdependence of nations and peoples across the globe
- 14. an economic region of Europe that is united under the euro
- 15. a particular resource in order to be successful
- 17. the underlying foundation or framework of a system, organization, or location
- 19. a tax that is placed on imported goods when they enter a country
- 20. an economic system in which the central government plans what to produce and at what price
- 21. business owners and consumers still make most of the economic decisions
- 25. the act of coming to a new country from one’s home country to live permanently