The history of money

What is money?

• what people use to buy things and services

• banknotes and coins

• credit cards

Where does a state or a government print banknotes and make coins?

How long have people used money?

• for about 100 years

• for about 1000 years

• for about 300 years

• for about 3000 years

Why was money invented?

• Because people needed valuable things that could last for a long time.

• Because people traded.

• Because people bartered things.

Where were the first coins appeared?

• in modern-day Turkey

• in the modern-day USA

• in modern-dau China

What were the first coins made of?

What could you see on the first coins?

• a picture of a cow

• a picture of a lion

• a picture od a Turkish emperor

Where was the firs true paper money used?

• in Ancient Egypt

• in Ancient France

• in Ancient China

What was invented by John Biggins in 1946?

Where do people take out some cash from at any time you need it?