Across
- 7. also known as a duty or customs duty is a tax that is placed on imported goods when they enter a country.
- 12. is an economy's dependence on a particular resource to succeed.
- 13. Turning iron ore into steel, producing textiles, and assembling automobiles are examples of
- 19. the movement of people from rural areas, usually called towns, to urban areas, which are called cities
- 20. a trade pact signed in 1992 between the United States and its North American neighbors, Canada and Mexico.
- 21. The increasing interdependence of nations and peoples across the globe
- 22. an economic system in which business owners decide what to produce, as well as how to produce and distribute it.
- 24. has little industrial development and therefore a relatively low standard of living.
- 25. an economic region of Europe that is united under the euro, a common currency.
- 26. the practice of protecting a country’s local business or industry
Down
- 1. sharing features of both market and command economies.
- 2. an economic system in which the government controls the means of production, such as land, labor, and machinery.
- 3. As cultures develop they gain new customs, ideas, arts, religion, government, technology, and other traits. Sometimes the new ideas come from within the society. Other times they spread from another society
- 4. includes service industries that offer services to other businesses and consumers.
- 5. an index designed by the United Nations to measure the basic contentment of people living in a particular country
- 6. part of an economy that makes use of natural resources
- 8. an economic policy in which a nation does not try to limit imports or exports by enacting tariffs or subsidies.
- 9. an intergovernmental organization of the world’s major oil-exporting nations.
- 10. In general such a country has significant industrial development and therefore a relatively high standard of living.
- 11. is the informal name for India's large and popular movie industry
- 14. are policies put in place by a government to restrict trade with one country, with a group of countries, or with specific businesses or individuals.
- 15. mass movement, of people from one part of the world to another.
- 16. the act of coming to a new country from one’s home country to live permanently.
- 17. refers to people’s quality of life based on the goods and services that are available to them.
- 18. the underlying foundation or framework of a system
- 23. the process by which previously colonized countries free themselves from their colonizers