问答
TheBankofEnglandplanstochangethe£5and£10notesfrompapertoplasticinthreeyears.Doyouknowthenews?Andwhatelsedoyouknowaboutmoney?
Ninethousandyearsagopeopledidnothavemoney.Theytradedanimalsforthingstheywanted.Theytradedcropsforwhattheywanted.
InChinainabout1200B.C.peopletradedshellsforthethingstheywanted.Chinesepeoplealsotradedmetaltoolsforthethingstheywanted.Forexampletheytradedmetalknivesandshovelsforthethingstheywanted.LaterinChinapeoplemademetalmoney.Inabout100B.C.theChinesemademoneyofanimalskin.Thefirstpapermoneywasmadefromwhitecoloreddeerskin.ItcamefromChinaabout900yearslater.
Inabout700B.C.peoplemadethefirstroundmetalcoins.Thecoinsweremadeofgoldandsilver.Theylookedverysimilartothecoinsweusetoday.ThesecoinscamefromLydia.LydiawaslocatedwherethecountrycalledTurkeyislocatedtoday.AfterpeoplemadecoinsinLydiapeopleinRomeIranandGreecealsobeganmakingcoins.Coinswereverydurable—theywerestrongandcouldlastalongtimewithoutbecomingdamaged.
Wampumarenecklacesmadefrombeadsandseashells.Thebeadshadholesinthem.Peopleputbeadsonstrings.AmericanIndiansusedwampumformoneyinthe1500’s.
Moneychangeswithtime.Nomatterwhatitlookslikemoneyisanidea.Itisthethoughtthatpeoplecantradesomethingtheyhaveforsomethingtheywant.Moneymakestradingeasier.
1.Beforepeoplehadmoneytheytradedforwhattheywanted.
A.①②④ B.①②③
C.①③④ D.②③④
2.Whatwasthefirstpapermoneymadeof?
A.Crops.B.Treeleaves.
C.Animalskin.D.Whiteshells.
3.Thefirstmetalcoinscamefrom.
A.Iran B.Lydia
C.Rome D.Greece
4.Ifsomethingisdurableit.
A.issoftandweak
B.ismadeofmetal
C.canbeusedasmoney
D.isstrongandcanlastalongtime
5.Allmoneyisbasedontheideathat.
A.goldandsilveraregoodmoney
B.peoplecantradewhattheyhaveforwhattheywant
C.peoplecantradethingsforanimals
D.coinsarethebestkind
