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7. A reader of the article could determine that
a. money has changed over time
b. the Chinese were the first to invent money

c. people all over the world used the same type of currency
d. coins are made up of silver and gold

8. Which of these states an opinion?

a. Guarantee coins were mainly used to pay mercenary soldiers.
b. The Danes in Ireland slit the nose of people who did not pay the Danish poll
tax.
c. Paper money was also first used in China around 1150 A.D.
d. The Danes were cruel.

9. The article was created mainly to
a. inform the reader about the Chinese and their great invention of coin money
b. inform the reader about money and how it changed over time

c. entertain the reader with a story about the Danish
d. entertain the reader with stories about the types of currency people once
used

10. The words first medium of exchange describe
a. exchanging medium sized items
b. the first general way of exchanging

c. the general way people traded
d. the exchanging of coins

True or False

Check “T” for true and “F” for false.

a. Small pieces of bronze were used to trade things. T F

b. The coins spread all over Europe, Asia, and Africa. T F

c. Cattle and crops are the oldest forms of money. T F

d. The Britons, for a time, exchanged their swords for T F

goods while other societies used their axes as

money.

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