| A | B |
| advertisement | information that a producer provides about products and services |
| bar graph | a graph with bars of different heights that show amounts of things |
| basic needs | food, clothing, and shelter |
| communication links | machines that let people who are far apart communicate with one another |
| competition | what happens when companies produce and sell the same product |
| consumer | the person who buys a product or service |
| cross section | a drawing or photo that shows what an object would look like if it were cut open |
| demand | the wish that people have for a product or service |
| export | to send a product or resource out of one country to another country |
| fact | a statement that is true |
| grid | a set of lines the same distance apart that cross one another to form boxes |
| human resources | the people who work for a company |
| import | to bring a product or resource into one country from another country |
| industry | all the companies that make the same product or provide the same service |
| international trade | trade between people in different countries |
| invention | something that has been made for the first time |
| marketing | planning how to sell a product to the community |
| opinion | what someone believes or thinks |
| pictograph | a graph that has small pictures that stand for groups of things |
| price | the amount of money needed to buy a product or service |
| producer | the person who makes a product |
| product | something that people make or grow, often to sell |
| raw materials | resources needed to make a product |
| rural | an area that is out in the countryside, away from cities and towns |
| service | something one person does for another |
| supply | the amount of a product or service there is to be sold |
| technology | the use of machines, tools, and materials to make products faster and more easily |
| wage | the money a worker is paid |