In 1516 in Bohemia, in a place called "Joachimsthal" (which means "Joachim's valley") a silver mine was opened, and they started to produce coins known as “Joachimsthalers” This long ward was soon shortened to "thalers" and called "dalers" by the Dutch. The English changed this word to "dollar" and began to use it when speaking of any large silver foreign coin. In North America, for instance, English settlers referred to the Spanish piece of eight reals as the “Spanish dollar" For several years after independence Americans didn't have a currency of their own, they used whatever foreign coins they could get, Spanish dollars included. But they understood that a new nation needed its own currency. Thomas Jefferson strongly opposed using the English system It was his idea to call American money "dollars", a word people were already familiar with The dollar was officially declared the USA monetary unit in 1785 1. Accorfing to the text, the word "thaller" is connected with a certain place name. a)True b) False c) Not stated 2. The Dutch brought German thalers to Britain. a)True b) False c) Not stated 3. In English the word "dollar" was at first used to describe any silver coin. a) True b) False c) Not stated 4. Thomas Jefferson wanted the US to have their own currency a) True b) False c) Not stated 5. According to the text, for 9 years the USA didn't have currency of their own. a) True b) False c) Not stated 1 2 3 4 5

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