Economics

The official money of a government.

As civilizations grew, ____ became an increasingly more difficult economic system to use.

legal tender of the United States

Any action that one person or group does for another in exchange for payment

What is a coin collector called?

Coins come in ______ different denominations.

The ___ were the first civilization to use paper money.

As people learned how to domesticate plants and animals, a ____________ of food was created.

Items that can be bought or sold

The first colony to make its own coins and paper money.

Moneymaking business

Trading items people have for items they need or want.

Anything used to produce goods and services

Mental and physical efforts of people applied to the production of goods and services

People began using items such as shells, salt, and cattle as the _________, or the first money.

The study of economic decisions made by consumers and producers that affect individuals in an economy

amounts

Agency that investigates crimes of counterfeiting

Individuals own businesses to make a profit

The study of economic decisions that affect the economy of a nation

a mixture of metals

manufactured coins

Each note/denomination is printed with the words ____________.

Illegally reproducing money for circulation

A common item accepted as payment.

Overabundance or having more than needed.

The journals of the___ and ___ Expedition contain accounts of bartering with Native Americans.

The environmental resources

Money, buildings, machinery and equipment used to produce goods and services

The risk-taking resource