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Q6. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end.
In many places and times, such as ancient China and Egypt, currency was a lot like something we uses
(10+04=14)
our English word salary comes from, which means the money people get from their jobs.
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The bars were about 20 or 24 centimetres long, and about 3 or 4 centimetres thick Today in Ethiopia,
modern currency is used: coins and bills.
every day at our kitchen table - salt) In Tibet, tiny cakes of salt were pressed into coins, with pictures
pressed into them. And in Rome, early Roman soldiers were given salt called salarium This is where
One of the widest uses of salt as currency was in Ethiopia. Salt was used there for currency until the
mid-twentieth century. The salt did not look like our take salt. It was in the form of bars, called amoles.
(a) Questions (Answer on separate sheets)
i. Name the two places where salt was used as currency?
ii. How were salt coins made in Tibet?
lii Where does theu
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1. In ancient China and Egypt, salt was used and l as currency.
2. In Tibet, tiny cakes of salt were pressed into coins, with pictures pressed into them.
3. In early Roman soldiers were given salt called salarium, and that's from where our English word 'salary' comes from, which means the money people get from their jobs.
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