Vocabulary
History of Money
How much is it?
Random Facts
Crazy Facts
100

This type of animal gives us beef and milk.  The girls are called cows, the boys bulls

Cattle

100
Around this year, small metal coins were first used in China

1100 BCE

100

A bottle of coca-cola

approx 7MOP

100

This is the colour of a 10MOP note

Red/Orange/Yellow

100

$1,000,000 is a million dollars.

In USD this is a lot of money, but many people have this.  How many "millionaires" are there today?

10 million millionaires!

200

This grain is often used to make bread and noodles. 

Wheat

200

Today it is not uncommon to pay with our smart _________. 

Phone

200

A candy bar

approximately 10MOP

200

This is the colour of a 20 MOP note

purple

200

Paper Money is very dirty.  So dirty it has more bacteria than this common item?

Toilet

300
In this process, you trade something to get something.

exchange

300

In 1200 BCE,  This type of shell was used as money in China and India. 

Cowrie Shell

300

A McDonalds hamburger. 

approx 11 MOP
300

This is the colour of a 100MOP note

blue

300

What do you call the place money is made?

A Mint

400

You have this when you are able to use it. 

access

400

Paper money was first used where?

China

400

The standard fare to ride the bus

6 MOP

400

This is the colour of a 500MOP note

Green

400

Though it's call paper money.  It's not actually paper.

What materials are used to make paper money today?

cotton, linen, and plastic.

500

This is the term used to describe activities between countries. 

International

500

An ATM is another word for this, which first opened up in London in 1967. 

a cashpoint

500

the average cost of a home in Macau

8-12,000,000 MOP

500

This is the colour of a 1000MOP Note

Orange/Yellow

500

Paper money is very common now.  How long can one bill usually last?

15 years.