Across
- 4. system by which the country is governed (for example a democracy)
- 6. global organisation which advocates free trade
- 12. indicator to measure social inequality, goes from 0 (zero inequality) to 1 (full inequality).
- 15. the national market and companies are protected against foreign competition, for example by means of import taxes on foreign goods
- 17. country sitting between other countries, without their own access to the ocean
- 19. the three main trade blocks in the world (North America, European Union and East Asia)
- 21. richest part of the world (traditionally Japan, North America, Europe and Australia/New Zealand)
- 23. colony used by the motherland as a province for profit, development of the colony is not a priority
- 24. period (1945-1989)in which two global powers, the USA and the Soviet Union, stood on opposite sides
- 26. Phase (1800-1950) in which European motherlands found colonies they govern themselves to protect their supply of resources and create a sales market for their products
Down
- 1. taxes on foreign goods intended to protect the national market against foreign countries
- 2. principle for goods being delivered in such a way that stocking/expensive storage of goods is not needed
- 3. links from which the production process of goods consists from resource to final product
- 5. process of all areas on the earth becoming more and more connected in a number of fields(economic, cultural, social and political)
- 7. Phase (1500-1800) in which European trading companies settled in newly discovered areas in Africa, Asia and Latin America for the purpose of trading
- 8. economic system in which the production is in the hands of self-employed entrepreneurs
- 9. period (1945-1975) in which the former colonies became independent
- 10. colony where colonists migrate to, often build to the image of the motherland
- 11. shift of the economic core area towards the Pacific Ocean (towards the east)
- 13. trade in which the borders between countries are removed as much as possible
- 14. upcoming countries which used to be poor, but now are developing fast (like the Asian tigers)
- 16. global economy with cores in several places (replacing the core/(semi)periphery system)
- 18. moving economic activities (especially services) from rich countries to cheaper, often low wage countries
- 20. abbreviation for countries which have developed fast after 2000, the first one is Brazil
- 22. a list ranking all countries in terms of their openness to and trade with other countries
- 25. poorest part/countries of the world (traditionally in Africa south of the Sahara desert)