Lesson 8:
1. Robomate is not a useful invention. ( False)
It is an useful invention because it can look after your house when you are away and do many jobs that you find boring.
Grade 10 Module Three – Unit Nine
1: What are the qualities needed to make a good bank manager?
a- A university degree
b- Good communication skills.
c- Leadership qualities.
d- The ability to motivate his / her staff.
2: Money is a means to higher values. Explain.
*If it is earned, invested and spent carefully, it will reward the individual, their families and society.
3. List some ways of paying for things!
a. in Cash b. using cheques/ by credit cards c. barter
4: How did people get what they need when money didn't exist?
*By bartering.
5:What did people barter for in the past?
*animals, shells, beads, leather, corn, tobacco…
6. People need money for many purposes such as :
a. to pay for their daily needs.
b. to start a business to make more money.
7: "Money makes the world go round." Explain.
* When some people start a business to make money for themselves, they help their employees to support their families.
8- What did people barter with in the past ?
a- animals b- shells c- corn d- leather
9- When and where were the first coins made ?
In Lydia in Turkey over two and a half thousands years ago .
10- When and where the first bank notes made ?
In China 1200 years ago .
11-7-A good bank manager should have certain qualities such as :
a) Honest / Able to demonstrate leadership
b) Trust worthy/Able to handle a lot of complex information
* Write whether the following statements are true or false. Justify your answer.
8: Bartering was very difficult in the past. ( False )
a- The world's population was much smaller than it is today.
b-people didn't have to go very far to barter.
9. Love of money is sometimes the root of all evil. ( True)
OR. Money has become too important.
a-Money sometimes spurs criminal behavior.
b-It can lead to wars between countries.
10. Money doesn't bring happiness.
a. True: Money has no value if the person is leading a miserable life because of loneliness or illness.
OR
b. False: because poor people are unhappy because they don't have enough money to support their families and they are worrying all the time about their income.
11 .Money makes the world go round.
a. True: When some people start a business to make money for themselves, they help their employees to support their families.
OR
b. False : Of course money is great , but good friends and families are what really make the world go round.
12-Money is the most important thing in life and it makes the world go round. ( x )
It is important to buy people's needs but it is not more important than friends and families.
13- In parts of Africa shells are still used as money . ( X )
Cowry shells were used as money until the middle of the 20th century .
14- The first coins were made of silver . ( X )
The first coins were made of electrum .
15- Before they used coins , the Greeks paid for things with long nails . ( √ )
The use of coins spread from Turkey to Greece , which had previously used iron nails as currency .
16- The Chinese made paper made money because they did not have enough gold .( X )
The Chinese made paper money because money because they didn't have enough copper