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Reading Questions

Choose the best answer.

1. According to the article, what were the earliest metal coins made out

of?
a. gold b. silver
c. bronze d. plastic

2. What information is given first in the article?
a. Paper money was also first used in China around 1150 A.D.
b. Even today, many people use credit cards instead of cash.

c. The Britons, for a time, exchanged their swords for goods while other
societies used their axes as money.
d. The earliest metal coins came from China.

3. Why did people start trading things instead of using the coin money?

a. Some people figured out that they could make more coins with the same
amount of metal by mixing the gold with more silver or mixing the silver
with more bronze.
b. There were too many various forms of coins and nobody could figure out

which coin belonged to which country.
c. People found it easier to trade than to use coins.
d. none of the above

4. According to this article, what did people use as a form of currency?
a. cowry shells b. swords
c. axes d. all of the above

5. How did paper money first come about in China?
a. It was used as a credit card.
b. It was used as a paper promising gold or silver in return.

c. It was used by the government as a promise letter.
d. none of the above

6. Which sentence uses the word strike in the same way it is used in
the article?

a. The umpire yelled, “strike!”
b. “If you do that, Gene will strike you dead!” said Fred.
c. How does my style strike you?
d. The vampires will roam the land when the clock strikes midnight.

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