Wonders: Making Money

What was used before currency?

• credit card

• cash

• Barter

• sea shells

"Barter" most closely means____

• spending money

• trade

• using livestock to purchase items

• shipping goods

What was the first form of currency?

• Livestock

• Money

• Sea shells

• Wampum

Why did livestock no longer become a good form of currency?

• Animals were too smelly

• It was too hard to ship them over large distances

• There was not enough livestock to use as currency

• People started to develop paper money

Who started using cowrie shells as currency?

• The United States

• The Italians

• The Chinese

• The Native Americans

What did the Native Americans called their currency?

• Cowrie

• Dollar

• Euro

• Wampum

Who were the first to use metal to make currency?

• Chinese

• Americans

• Native Americans

• Africans

What was something stamped on the metal coins?

• famous people

• flowers

• kings

• queens

Why were coins more convenient than other forms of early currency?

• It was easily recognized and counted

• It was nicer looking than sea shells

• It was easier to get more of

• People were able to make their own coins

Before the Chinese made paper money, they created "bills" from this.

• trees

• tree bark

• deerskin

• bones