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Money is what you use to buy things.

You may earn money from


completing household chores, getting good grades, for your allowance,
or for losing a tooth! Money is very important in our world and comes in
many different forms.
People have been using money for hundreds of years. Before money
gave specific values for things, people simply traded items. In the United
States, we use the dollar as our currency or money, but people in
different parts of the world use different currencies, though some
countries also use or accept our dollars.
People earn money from the jobs they work and use that money to save
for the future or pay for their houses, cars, good, taxes, medical needs,
and household items, among other things. Even things such as turning
the lights on, using the air conditioning or heat, and connecting to the
internet cost money.

1. According to the author of this story, money is ____________.


A. Not very important
B. Very important
C. Only used en America
2. How long have people used money?
A. Thousands of years
B. Since the beginning of time
C. Hundreds of years
3. The dollar .....
A. is used in every country in the world.
B. is not used very much in the United States.
C. is used in the United States.
4. What
A.
B.
C.

did people do before there was money?


They just never got what they needed
People traded to get what they needed
The story doesn't tell

5. Where you can spend the money?


A. buying a large family
B. pay items, taxes and save for the future
C. none of the above

Lizeth Marcela Rivera Velasco

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Agosto 19 2016

Banks are places where people can keep their money. Most people use
banks to save money in their savings accounts and to pay money from
their checking accounts. Today, when a person earns money from their
job, their paycheck is often electronically deposited (put) into their
savings or checking account. Then, he or she can pay their bills by
writing checks from their checking accounts or pay online where their
bills are electronically connected to their bank accounts.
Banks also give loans to people. Banks use the money that their
customers deposit to lend to people to buy new houses, cars, or to start
businesses among other reasons. The bank makes money from lending
by charging interest. In other words, people have to pay back more than
they borrowed. This amount depends on how risky the bank thinks the
borrower is and how fast the loan is paid back among other things.

1. What
A.
B.
C.

do banks NOT do?


Allow people to pay bills online from their accounts
Charge interest
Tax people

2. How does "interest" work?


A. Banks require people to pay back the same amount they
borrowed.
B. Banks require people to pay back more money than they
borrowed.
C. Banks pay people more money than they borrowed.
3. What
A.
B.
C.

do banks NOT do?


lend money to people
help people get Jobs
provide a place where people can pay their bills from

4. How much "interest" do borrowers have to pay?


A. Everyone pays the same amount of interest.
B. It depends on a lot of things.
C. The story doesn't say.
5. How do banks make money?
A. Charging interest to those they lend to
B. Saving their customers deposit
C. By having a lot of accounts

Lizeth Marcela Rivera Velasco

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Agosto 19 2016

The great herds of buffalo that roamed the plains were essential for all
parts of Sioux life and society. For most Sioux villages, "home" was
wherever
the
herds
of
buffalo
roamed.
Before the introduction of the horse, Sioux warriors would hunt the
buffalo by dressing up as wolves as tricking them into running off of cliffs
and ledges. They would also dress up in buffalo skins and make crying
sounds like a baby buffalo. When an adult buffalo went to investigate,
the
warriors
would
kill
it
with
spears
and
arrows.
The Sioux Indians used the entire buffalo following a kill. The buffalo hide
was used for making tepees, clothes, moccasins, and robes. The hair
was used to make rope and the horns were used as cups and dishes.
Children fashioned sleds out of buffalo ribs, and buffalo fat was used as
glue. Most importantly, buffalo meat provided food for the entire village.
Much of the buffalo meat that was collected was cooked, dried, and
pounded into pemmican (sort of like modern-day beef jerky).
1. Buffalo meat was not.....
A. Pounded
B. Cooked
C. Fried
2. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The Sioux Indians were fairly dependent on the buffalo.
B. The Sioux Indians were somewhat dependent on the buffalo.
C. The Sioux Indians were totally dependent on the buffalo.
3. Buffalo hides were not used for ....
A. Cups
B. Moccasins
C. Tepees
4. A Sioux hunter dressing up as a wolf in an attempt to scare a
buffalo is an example of ......
A. Imitation
B. Selflessness
C. Worship
5. The introduction of the horse probably made the Sioux more
_______________.
A. Mobile
B. efficient at hunting
C. all previous
Lizeth Marcela Rivera Velasco

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Agosto 19 2016

Lizeth Marcela Rivera Velasco

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Agosto 19 2016

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