Across
- 2. A natural event that causes great damage or loss of life.
- 5. The degree to which Earth is able to provide the resources necessary to meet peoples needs
- 6. General agreement
- 9. The area of the Earths surface necessary to sustain the level of resources a person uses and the watse they create.
- 15. Peoples needs such as food, clothing, water, and shelter.
- 18. An economy in which government regulations are reduced to a minimum and businesses are free to make their own decisions (2 words)
- 19. Violent conflict between states or nations.
- 20. Transporting of goods in standard sized shipping containers
- 21. Extreme scarcity of food.
- 22. Process that involves countries reducing or removing trade barriers such as tariffs - Known as Trade _________.
- 23. An economic and political system with the purpose of eliminating class distinctions
Down
- 1. Accepting responsibilty for ensuring that the Earths resources remain sustainable
- 3. To provide the basic necessities needed to support life.
- 4. A flag flown by ships when they are registered in a country that is not the country of their owner.
- 7. Business strategy that involves reducing costs by using suppliers in countries where labour is cheaper with less goverment regulations
- 8. A period of low economic activity accompanied by high levels of unemployment - Known as economic __________.
- 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.
- 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.
- 12. A company that is based in one country while developing products or delivering its products in more than one country.
- 13. The trade that occurs when two or more countries eliminate tariffs and taxes on the goods and services they trade with one another.
- 14. A penaly, typically economic, such as a trade boycott, taken to the government to pressure them to agree to carry out certain actions.
- 16. The act of making amends for wrongdoing
- 17. Free trade agreement between Canada, US and Mexico
