Read each clue below and decide what word from the Great Depression Curriculum that the clue describes. Find and circle the word in the word search puzzle above.
1. When a bank run begins at one bank and spreads to others, causing people to lose confidence in banks. (2 words) [BANKPANIC]
2. Businesses that accept deposits and make loans. [BANKS]
3. Abbreviation for a measure of the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services. [CPI]
4. A general downward movement of prices for goods and services in an economy. [DEFLATION]
5. A very severe recession; a period of severely declining economic activity spread across the economy (not limited to particular sectors or regions) normally visible in a decline in real GDP, real income, employment, industrial production, wholesale-retail credit and the loss of overall confidence in the economy. [DEPRESSION]
6. The central bank of the United States. (3 words) [FEDERALRESERVESYSTEM]
7. The spending and taxing policies used by the federal government to influence the economy. (2 words) [FISCALPOLICY]
8. The market value of all final goods and services produced within an economy during a year. (3 words) [GROSSDOMESTICPRODUCT]
9. A general, sustained upward movement of prices for goods and services in an economy. [INFLATION]
10. The percentage of the labor force that is willing and able to work, does not currently have a job and is actively looking for employment. (2 words) [UNEMPLOYMENTRATE]
11. Central bank actions involving the use of interest rate or money supply tools to achieve such goals as maximum employment, stable prices and moderate long-term interest rates. (2 words) [MONETARYPOLICY]
- The Great Depression Terms Word Search Puzzle - Activity:
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