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Answer: True ✔
💡 The name "dollar" is carried by the currencies of several countries, including the US, Canadian and Australian dollars, and each is an independent currency with a different value.
Answer: The Kenyan shilling
💡 The shilling is the currency of Kenya, and other East African countries such as Tanzania and Uganda also use currencies called the shilling.
Answer: Europe
💡 Norway is in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula, and its coasts are famous for their deep inlets (fjords).
Answer: The birr
💡 The birr is the currency of Ethiopia, and it is issued by the National Bank of Ethiopia.
Answer: Turkey ↔ The lira, Thailand ↔ The baht, Malaysia ↔ The ringgit, Indonesia ↔ The rupiah
💡 The Turkish lira, the Thai baht, the Malaysian ringgit and the Indonesian rupiah are the official currencies of their countries, and each is issued by a central bank.
Answer: Asia
💡 Indonesia is in Southeast Asia and is made up of thousands of islands between the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Answer: The naira
💡 The naira is the currency of Nigeria, a country in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
Answer: The rand
💡 The rand is the currency of South Africa, and its name comes from the Witwatersrand region, famous for its gold mines.
Answer: The peso
💡 The Mexican peso is the currency of Mexico; the Spanish word "peso" means "weight" because coins used to be valued by the weight of their metal.
Answer: The Brazilian real
💡 Brazil's currency is the Brazilian real, while many Latin American countries, such as Argentina and Mexico, use currencies called the peso.
Answer: Germany, France, Italy
💡 Germany, France and Italy were among the first countries to adopt the euro, while the United Kingdom's currency is the pound sterling, and Switzerland's currency is the franc.
Answer: The Swiss franc
💡 Switzerland is surrounded by countries that use the euro, but it is not a member of the European Union and uses its own currency: the Swiss franc.
Answer: The pound sterling
💡 The pound sterling is one of the oldest currencies still in use in the world today, and the United Kingdom never adopted the euro.
Answer: The rupee
💡 The rupee is the currency of India, and the currencies of other countries, including Pakistan and Indonesia, carry the same name.
Answer: The ruble
💡 The ruble is the currency of Russia, and its name has been used for Russian currency for many centuries.
Answer: The yuan
💡 China's official currency is called the "renminbi," meaning the people's currency, and its basic unit is the "yuan."
Answer: The won
💡 The won is the currency of South Korea, and North Korea has a currency with the same name, but it is different.
Answer: The yen
💡 The yen is the currency of Japan; its name resembles the Chinese "yuan" because both words originally meant "round," referring to the shape of coins.
Answer: A white crescent and star
💡 In the center of the flag of Pakistan are a white crescent and star on a green background, and the white stripe is next to the flagpole.
Answer: Red, then White, then Blue
💡 The flag of the Netherlands has three horizontal stripes: red on top, then white, then blue, and it resembles the flag of Luxembourg except for the shade of blue.
