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8. It is known that Chinese was the first nation to introduce paper money (Ninth Century ad).

Its original name was 'flying money' because it was so light it could blow out of one's hand. As 'exchange certificates' used by merchants, paper money was quickly adopted by the government for forwarding tax payments. Real paper money, used as a medium of exchange and backed by deposited cash (a Chinese term for metal coins), apparently came into use in the tenth century.

Why were paper money invented in China? Give your suggestions.

Grammar review

Countable or uncountable?

Decide what is wrong in the following sentences. Make the necessary changes.

1. Coins made of a gold and a silver were first minted in Greece.

2. Accounting was used as a mean of evaluating the efficiency of governmental programs in Pre-Christian China.

3. In ancient times merchants kept their good in temples.

4. Romans treated gold not as a valuable, but rather as a mere article of exchange.

5. There was time when people used different objects as monies.

6. Quaestors gave advices to the Roman senate on public expenditures.

7. Citizens submitted an information about their assets and liabilities to the senate.

8. Widespread use of coinage in ancient Greece took much times.

9. Progress in accounting were achieved with use of papyrus.

10. The news about the treasury operations were very good.

11. Persons were to pay taxes even in ancient times.

Put in much or many. Use the right form of the words in brackets.

        1. In ancient times they did not have much ... (knowledge) about economics.

        2. Citizents of ancient Greece were asked  ... (question) about their earnings.

        3. ... (person) could belong to the Popular Assembly, the body which passed laws.

        4. Athenian woman had no ... (right). They could not own property or take a case to court.

        5. Egyptian mercahants exchanged ... (goods) outside the country.

Find pairs of words with related meaning in the box. One of each pair must be countable and the other uncountable.

advice damage hour information work flat cash tool time breakage fact suggestion job equipment coin accommodation

assets development articles of exchange coinage disbursement expenditure receipts liabilities movements of commodities revenues staff storehouse treasury valuation measure

Words and expressions to remember

1. 4

1. Language check

Complete the sentences using the appropriate word. What parts of speech are they?

number - numerical - enumerate - numerous

1. They handled ... transactions involving the purchase of goods.

2. It's not enough to simply ... the transactions, you must give a detailed description of each of them.

3. That device was used for making ... calculations.

4. In ancient times scribes had a large ... of tasks.

necessary - necessity - necessitate - necessitous

5. Land prices often ... the production of higher value crops.

6. They demonstrated the importance and ... for further research.

7. The board defined the minimal set of assets ... to ensure the efficient current and future production.

8. We have no money except for the most ... reasons.