Unit 4: History of Transport

The world’s first passenger railway opened in 1825 in:

• Russia

• Malaysia

• England

• France

The first wheels were made from:

(a)  

Most experts think the wheel was invented about:

• 5000 years ago

• 500 years ago

• 5 million years ago

• 5 years ago

The name given to long trains that carry good is:

• Light Rail Transit

• Maglev

• Freight Trains

• Power Trains

Ford Motor Company sold 15 million of which car between 1908 and 1927?

(a)  

A trade route is:

• a method of making goods quickly in a factory

• a road used by Roman soldiers

• a machine that harvest fruits

• a long network of roads that merchants use to transport goods

An internal combustion engine is:

• a machine that harvests crops

• an engine powered by burning petrol

• an environmentally friendly electric engine

• a steam engine

These cars consume no petrol and operate for 130-160 kilometres per change.

(a)  

_______ is a light round boat made by sewing animal skins over a wooden frame.

• Reed boat

• Coracle

• Dugout

• Sail boat

Before the invention of the wheel, people either walked everywhere or rode on an animal.

• True

• False