M6 Unit 3 Passage 1 Reading and Comprehension questions

Which of the following is not true?

• The Chinese invented the wooden rudder during the 1st Century AD.

• The First ships were build 60,000 years ago.

• The first phase of ship design occurred in Egypt.

• A lot has change in ship design since the first ships were made.

What is the author's point about tidal docks?

• They made it cost less to build ships.

• They made it easier to copy ancient ship designs.

• They helped ships be build more efficiently.

• They demonstrated how primitive Egyptian design was

What important invention occurred in the third Phase of ship design?

• The Indians build tidal docks.

• The Egyptians welded rudders together

• The Chinese invented the rudder for steering

• The British invented the stern-mounted oar.

What was the fourth major development in ship design?

• Using Iron beams to replace wood

• Introduction cannons on sailing ships

• Staring maritime battles

• Patrolling the oceans with navies

How did the invention of the rudder improve sealing?

• It reduce the amount of manpower to steer the ship and didn't bother sealing.

• To make boat fly to the sky.

• To make it faster than the sports car.

• to make a laser beam.

How did watertight bulkhead compartments help ship design?

• They improve the handing of the sails.

• They made it harder for a ship to sink.

• They strengthened beams that supported cannons

• They made it easier to steer the ship.

What is AD?

• Advance Dictionary

• After death

• A dog

• Anno Domini

What does the word millennia means?

• A thousand years

• One day

• One hour

• Ten minutes and forty seconds

What is the meaning of BC?

• Before Class

• By car

• Before Christ

• Big Cats

What do you call a large weapon that fires iron balls through an iron tube?

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