Poverty

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. A state of misfortune or affliction (8)
  2. 4. Governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need (7)
  3. 6. Feeling of deep sadness that lasts a long time (10)
  4. 8. Poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in (8)
  5. 11. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable (10)
  6. 12. Feeling of pressure or worry (6)

Down

  1. 1. Not having enough money to pay for necessities (9)
  2. 2. An illness that harms the body (7)
  3. 5. People who are involuntarily out of work (10)
  4. 7. Amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (plural) (8)
  5. 9. A physiological need for food (6)
  6. 10. An itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered (plural) (5)
  7. 13. Deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces (6)