| __ | 1. | contemporary | | A. | of the present time, modern times |
| __ | 2. | demographics | | B. | two or more countries |
| __ | 3. | depression | | C. | general tendency |
| __ | 4. | inflation | | D. | period when prices & wages fall, unemployment rises |
| __ | 5. | international | | E. | a fact, occurrence, or circumstance observed or observable |
| __ | 6. | phenomena | | F. | economic slump that is milder than a depression |
| __ | 7. | recession | | G. | statistical information about the population, such as income |
| __ | 8. | resource allocation | | H. | rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money |
| __ | 9. | scarcity | | I. | is the distribution of resources among various people or co, |
| __ | 10. | trend | | J. | insufficiency or shortness of supply |