WorksheetsTransportation
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In the 1820, what invention changed the way we get around on rivers and waterways?
a)
steamboats
b)
cruise ships
c)
tankers
d)
jet skis
2.
Steam engines used the pressure of heat and evaporated water to turn the _________ that would move the boat where it wanted to go.
a)
sails
b)
anchors
c)
paddles
d)
oars
3.
No more stage coaches on bumpy, muddy roads and no more boats on dangerous rivers-the invention of the _________ in the mid 1800's, made it an easier and more reliable way to get people from place to place.
a)
railroad
b)
airplane
c)
trailway buses
d)
Model-T Ford cars
4.
Orville and Wilbur Wright tested their invention of the airplane glider in __________, NC because the sand there made it safer for testing their flying machine.
a)
Manteo, NC
b)
Kitty Hawk, NC
c)
Raleigh, NC
d)
Outer Banks, NC
5.
Who made a bunch of cars at a price that everyone could afford - his companies produced and sold millions of Model-T cars.
a)
Henry Ford
b)
Otway Burns
c)
James Monroe
d)
Charlie Taylor
6.
From cars to hogs, from corn to computer systems to school books, just about everything that gets around gets around in the back of this transportation vehicle that delivers about 80% of all goods in our state's cities.
a)
airplane
b)
train
c)
semi-truck
d)
cruise ship
7.
Which form of transportation is the "future" of transportation?
a)
cargo ships
b)
18 wheeler semi-trucks
c)
space
d)
jet airplanes
8.
The first steamboat in North Carolina, made by Otway Burns was called __________.
a)
Steamboat Willie
b)
Prometheus
c)
Model T Ford
d)
Weldon
9.
Henry Ford changed America's economy by building a(n) ____________ that let him make cars faster and more cheaply so more people could buy cars.
a)
assembly line
b)
Cherokee Alphabet
c)
glass industry
d)
paddles
10.
Henry Ford helped many companies because these companies were needed to produce his Model T Ford cars. Which company was NOT needed?
a)
glass industry
b)
oil industry
c)
steel industry
d)
textile industry
11.
Many entrepreneurs opened up small business along thousands of miles of new roads. All of these small businesses opened except which one?
a)
motels
b)
restaurants
c)
theme parks
d)
campgrounds
12.
The Wright Brothers found out that the secret to flight was _____________.
a)
the wind
b)
bird wings
c)
bat wings
d)
sand dunes
13.
NASCAR became a very popular way of transportation even though race car drivers only traveled around a round track or a road course. A popular race car driver named Dale Earnhardt was also known as the ___________.
a)
Iron Curtain
b)
the Intimidator
c)
Rookie
d)
Ralph
14.
What does transportation mean?
a)
moving people and things from place to place
b)
exporting good
c)
importing good
d)
all of these describe transportation
15.
The idea of flying an aircraft is a very old one. Even Leonardo Da Vinci experimented with models.
a)
True
b)
False
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