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How money came into wider use

Social Studies · Grade 7 · about 40 minutes

Tracing factors that led to the introduction of money in Africa: distance, barter limits, tax and wage, coastal coins and a standard of value.

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Other lessons in this sub-strand

  1. Barter as a medium of trade
  2. Barter and currency compared
  3. How money came into wider use
  4. Impact of money on African trade