Economics

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A major South American river (6)
  2. 5. People who make and enforce a country's laws (10)
  3. 6. The state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions (7)
  4. 7. The act of colliding with something (5)
  5. 9. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable (plural) (5)
  6. 11. An exchange where security trading is conducted by professional ___ (11)
  7. 14. The commercial exchange of goods and services (5)
  8. 15. Something that remunerates (plural) (5)
  9. 16. A substance that can be consumed to produce energy (4)

Down

  1. 2. A large-scale farming enterprise (11)
  2. 3. A condition requiring relief (plural) (5)
  3. 4. The legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is (11)
  4. 8. The entire amount of income before any deductions are made (5)
  5. 10. Governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need (7)
  6. 12. United States country music singer and songwriter (4)
  7. 13. Charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government (plural) (5)