Answers To: For What It's Worth

By Terri Morrison and Wayne A. Conaway
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  1. C. Bolivia, although back in the 1500s it was called the Vice Royalty of Peru.
    1. Tin. Once the silver was gone, there was still so much tin that it became Bolivia's most valuable export.

  2. True. The Japanese word "yen" is derived from the Chineseword "en," which means "opium."

  3. A,1; B,3; C,2

  4. True. "Not worth a continental" was a common expression.

  5. B. The quetzal is named after the beautiful Guatemalan bird with green and red plumage.

  6. False. Canadians coined the term "Looney" for their one-dollar coin in honor of the loon engraved on one side."Moosehead" is a Canadian beer.

  7. B. The French franc. Internationally it is called the Swiss franc(SwF). Swiss Germans refer to it as the Swiss franken, and Swiss Italians call it the Swiss franco.

  8. False. Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States and uses US currency.

  9. B. Paraguay not only named its currency after the Guaraní, but it made both Spainsh and Guaraní official national languages.

  10. True. The word "dollar" comes from the German word"Taler" (Low German "Daler"). "Taler" is short for "Joachimstaler," a coin made with metal from Joachimsthal, a town in the Erzgebirge Mountains, Czech Republic.