SC Social Studies Weekly 27

Bartering could include exchanging a service for a good. An example might be:

Select all that apply!!

• A farmer exchanging eggs for lettuce

• A teacher exchanging teaching for firewood

• A student exchanging a candy bar for a cookie

• A gardener exchanging lettuce for milk

Define the word "barter".

• when you use money to buy something at the store

• When you trade something with someone else without the use of money

• when you trade services for money, like cutting someone's grass

• when you use pennies from your piggy bank to buy a toy

Which is an example of bartering?

• trading eggs for lettuce

• buying a chocolate chip cookie from the store

• eating your dinner with your family

• going to school

Why did people decide to use mediums of exchange?

• Everyone wanted to trade eggs.

• no one wanted to trade furs

• sometimes people did not want what someone else had to trade

• seashells were pretty

What were some of the problems in using mediums of exchange to barter?

• items were bulky, heavy, and hard to work with

• items were small, lightweight and easy to work with

• someone might want to always trade

• someone might want to never trade

What mediums of exchange were used in the past? 

• flowers and crops

• rice and beans

• shillings and pence

• seashells and chocolate beans

Where were the first coins used? 

• Spain, England, and France

• Turkey, India, and China

• China, U.S., and England

• China, Japan, and India

Why was paper money used instead of coins?

• It was easier to use

• It was harder to use

• It was prettier

• It was too big to carry

Where was the first paper money used?

• India

• England

• Japan

• China

What is another word for currency?

• sockets

• money

• country

• paper