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