School Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. A natural event that causes great damage or loss of life.
  2. 5. The degree to which Earth is able to provide the resources necessary to meet peoples needs
  3. 6. General agreement
  4. 9. The area of the Earths surface necessary to sustain the level of resources a person uses and the watse they create.
  5. 15. Peoples needs such as food, clothing, water, and shelter.
  6. 18. An economy in which government regulations are reduced to a minimum and businesses are free to make their own decisions (2 words)
  7. 19. Violent conflict between states or nations.
  8. 20. Transporting of goods in standard sized shipping containers
  9. 21. Extreme scarcity of food.
  10. 22. Process that involves countries reducing or removing trade barriers such as tariffs - Known as Trade _________.
  11. 23. An economic and political system with the purpose of eliminating class distinctions
Down
  1. 1. Accepting responsibilty for ensuring that the Earths resources remain sustainable
  2. 3. To provide the basic necessities needed to support life.
  3. 4. A flag flown by ships when they are registered in a country that is not the country of their owner.
  4. 7. Business strategy that involves reducing costs by using suppliers in countries where labour is cheaper with less goverment regulations
  5. 8. A period of low economic activity accompanied by high levels of unemployment - Known as economic __________.
  6. 10. The value of all the goods and services a country produces in a year. Used to measure the strength of a country's economy.
  7. 11. The selling of a public service, such as electricity delivery or healthcare, to a priavte company so the service is no longer owned by the government.
  8. 12. A company that is based in one country while developing products or delivering its products in more than one country.
  9. 13. The trade that occurs when two or more countries eliminate tariffs and taxes on the goods and services they trade with one another.
  10. 14. A penaly, typically economic, such as a trade boycott, taken to the government to pressure them to agree to carry out certain actions.
  11. 16. The act of making amends for wrongdoing
  12. 17. Free trade agreement between Canada, US and Mexico