Functions Of Money
Characteristics of Money
Needs vs. Wants
The Gold Standard
The Future of Money
100

What are Goods and Services?


Goods- Items you can purchase with money. 

Services- Things you do for others or others do for you. 

100

Why does money have to be durable?


Money can't break easily. 

Durable- Hard to damage or break. 

100

What's the difference between needs and wants?

Need is something you can't live without

Wants are things you can live without but you'd like to have them. 

100

What are 2 examples of Precious Metals?

Gold

Silver

Copper

Platinum

Brass

100

Name 3 banks that have credit cards.

Wells Fargo

TD Bank

WSFS

Citizens

Chase

200

What are 3 examples of Goods & Services?


Goods- Food, Water, Games, Clothes, House, Car, etc. 

Services- Haircut, Nails painted, cutting grass, Cashier, etc. 

200

Why does money have to be portable?

It has to be easily exchanged from person to person. 

200

What are 4 examples of basic needs?

Clothes

Water

Electricity

House 

Food 

Shoes 

Heat

200

What was a Goldsmith's job in the 1800s?

Melted the gold down into coins and small bars

200

What is an overdraft fee?


A fee charged for using more money than you have in your account. 


100 Extra Points- 

How much is the average overdraft fee? 

300

True or False

Money doesn't have value. People give money its value.

True

300

What are the denominations of US currency?


$1

$5

$10

$20

$50

$100

300

Before people had money, how did they get what they needed or wanted?

Trading or Bartering

300

Who's job was it to dig up the gold?

Gold Miners

300

Which company created the second type of digital money?

Paypal

400

What is inflation? 


When the prices of goods and services increase. 

400

Explain why you can not buy items in the USA with currency from another country.

Money from other countries isn't recognized here in the US. 

400

Basic Need Check In 

Daily Double 

1 person from each team

has 1 minute to find all matches

400

Piling on the Gold

Daily Double

3 volunteers 

1 min make as many piles of $100 as you can

400

What is a Data Compromise or Data Breach?

When your personal information is stolen or taken from a online system, business or website. 

500

What does Supply and Demand mean?

the amount of goods and services that are available for people to buy compared to the amount of goods and services that people want to buy.

Supply- The amount of products made

Demand- How many people want the product

500

What does the Federal Reserves do?


They print the US Dollar and keep records of all money they've printed that's circulating around the world. 

500

What kind of currency did European settlers use to buy Manhattan and Staten Island in the 1600s?

Wampum, Seashells, Shells 

500

How did the Golden State Warriors get their name?

California is known as the Golden State because of all of the gold found in the state. 


100 extra points- Where is the one place you can still find gold laying or floating?

500

What was the first product created that started moving us towards digital currency?

Credit Cards


100 Extra Points- 

What kind of store was the first credit card used in?

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