Economics Puzzle  

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ACROSS
1. When people produce a smaller number of goods and services than they consume.
3. Human___________________are unlimited.
5. When people are dependent upon one another.
6. _______________resources are called "gifts of nature".
7. _______________of labor is when workers on an assembly line perform only a single or a very few steps in the production process.
9. Our _______________ are limited.
11. The creation of goods and services.
12. _________________________cost is your next best choice.

DOWN
1. This is the basic economic problem.
2. Another word for choices when you face a decision.
4. Something that people do for others.
8. In decision making, your ______________are the things that are important to you.
10. ______________resources are human-made.


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