# 102.3 Lesson - moneyEvolution

**Screen:** moneyEvolution

**Headline:** Money has evolved, since almost the beginning of time.

**Reward:** 2

**Text:** Thousands of years ago, a society in Micronesia used very large and scarce stones as a form of agreed currency. Starting in the 1500’s, rare Cowrie shells (found in the ocean) became commonly used in many nations as a form of money. And for millennia, gold has been used as a form of money for countries around the world -- including the United States (until 1971).

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## QUIZ

**Question:** What are some items that have been historically used as a unit of money?

**Answer:** Stones, seashells and gold

**Feedback:** Correct. Items that are rare and difficult to copy have often been used as money.

**Correct:** true

**Answer:** Tiny plastic Monopoly board game houses

**Feedback:** Wrong. They may have value when playing a game -- but not in the real world!

**Correct:** false

**Answer:** Coins made of chocolate

**Feedback:** Nope. They may be tasty. But they are not useful as money.

**Correct:** false

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