CGG3O Listening AOL

TRUE OR FALSE - Passports as we know them know have existed since the ancient world.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What's a mechanism/concept today that was more fluid in the past and which made the idea of passports more inconsistent or unnecessary?

• TAX

• BORDERS

• AIRPORTS

• TOURISTS

Choose three of the reasons why passports are required for travel in the modern world.

• For identification

• So that a host country knows who comes and goes

• a way to streamline or make processing of travellers faster

• For the government to make big bucks

The United Nations cannot interfere with how a country deals with internal matters. This concept is known as...

• The Treaty of Paris

• The Geneva Convention

• Mumbo Jumbo

• Westphalian Sovereignity

TRUE OR FALSE - In the ancient world or prior to the 15th Century, certain kingdoms and states would issue their own versions of travel documents.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Islamic Caliphates of Asia Minor, the Ottoman Empire and North Africa provided the bara'a which was given to those who paid their taxes and wanted to travel. In China, they had the _______ which included the height, age, and bodily features of the person.

• zhuan

• passport

• TikTok

• bao

What did letters from monarchs or emperors allow the traveler to have?

• safe passage

• free money

• free lodging

• peace of mind

Find the two words that the word "passport" originated from.

• pass from the French verb "passer", to pass

• port from the French word for gate or door, "la porte"

• pass from when examinees get the acceptable mark which allows them to travel

• port from the word English word, "portable"

What happened which lowered the requirements to get a passport and up to a point made the passports unnecessary

• Immigration via ships and railroads that had trains

• The invention of the motorcycle

• The cheapness of getting a bicycle

• They started handing out horses to everyone since they felt bad the poor had to walk.

After this event, the rules regarding passports and what was required became more strict and standardized across many countries.

• World War 3

• The War of the Worlds

• The Battle of 1812

• World War I