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1. Policies put in place by a government to restrict trade with one country, with a group of countries, or with specific businesses or individuals.
6. Was a trade pact signed in 1992 between the United States and its North American neighbors,
7. located in the Middle East, North Africa, and South America, agreed to work together to
10. The increasing interdependence of nations and peoples across the globe
11. Is a tax that is placed on imported goods when they enter a country.
14. India's large and popular movie industry.
15. Is an economic system in which business owners decide what to produce
17. Is the part that makes direct use of natural resources. It includes agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, and other industries based on what a country has available in its own territory.
18. An economy's dependence on a particular resource in order to be successful.
19. Is an economic system in which business owners decide what to produce, as well as how to produce and distribute it.
21. An economic system in which the government controls the means of production, such as land, labor, and machinery.
22. The search for safety, food, and shelter has resulted in the migration, or mass movement, of people from one part of the world to another.
25. Is the movement of people from rural areas, usually called towns, to urban areas, which are called cities.
26. The practice of protecting a country’s local business or industry.

2. The underlying foundation or framework of a system, organization, or location.
3. Is an index designed by the United Nations to measure the basic contentment of people living in a particular country.
4. Refers to people’s quality of life based on the goods and services that are available to them.
5. The process by which previously colonized countries free themselves from their colonizers.
8. Sector includes service industries that offer services to other businesses and consumers.
9. Shares characteristics of a group of people.
12. Developed countries often have a high gross domestic product, which is the total value of goods and services sold during a period of time,
13. An economic region of Europe that is united under the euro, a common currency.
16. Is one that has little industrial development and therefore a relatively low standard of living.
20. The act of coming to a new country from one’s home country to live permanently.
23. An economic policy in which a nation does not try to limit imports or exports by enacting tariffs or subsidies.
24. Economic activity is divided into sectors, with each sector representing a different type of activity.