Characteristics of Currency
Determining Value
Unit Themes
Trade Routes
Today's Review
100

The currency will not break easily

Durable

100

What the creator of the paperclip project's final trade was for.

A House

100

The official money of a country. It could be paper money, coins, or treasury notes.

Currency

100

An item that was extremely valuable in ancient times for food and health reasons

Salt

100

The Country that started with 13 unique currencies

USA

200

Means the currency is easy to carry around

Portable

200

Where people bartered with an early form of Paper, called Papyrus

Egypt

200

To trade one thing for another without the use of money

Barter

200

What was used to transport salt and gold across the Sahara Desert

Camel

200

A licensed business that allows customers to exchange one currency for another.

Currency Exchange

300

The material of the currency is not easy to acquire.

Scarce

300

Where furs were traded for guns, utensils, and other European Materials.

North America (Vermont is also acceptable)

300

To take part in the exchange, purchase, or sale of goods

Trade

300

Where Salt was traded for gold and other items

West Africa

300

The value of one currency for the purpose of conversion to another.


Exchange Rate

400

The currency can be made into smaller units of itself.

Divisible

400

What it means to base the value of something off facts and evidence, not personal interests or desires

Objective

400

A broad term that refers to an invisible system of value that makes the exchange of goods and services possible, now and in the future.

Money

400

The name of the trade route through Africa where cultures, goods, and services were exchanged

Trans Saharan Trade

400

The founder of the modern US Banking System

Hamilton

500

One piece of currency looks identical to another

Uniform

500

The value of an object is based on a person's interests and wants, not their needs.

Subjective

500

The worth of a good or service determined by people's preferences and the trade-offs

Value

500

The richest man in all of History

Mansa Musa

500

The acronym for the currency of the United States of America.

USD

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