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Trains - History and Future

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The first transportation on tracks were powered by....

a)

Horses, Ox and people

b)

Internal Combustion

c)

Steam

d)

Solar power

2.

The oldest train/tracks rails are where?

a)

China

b)

US

c)

Russia

d)

Europe

3.

What country had the first large scale rail network for transportation?

a)

US

b)

England

c)

Germany

d)

Japan

4.

The first "subway" or underground train was in ...

a)

New York

b)

Boston

c)

London

d)

Tokyo

5.

The first train line in the US went between which two locations?

a)

New York and Boston

b)

LA and San Francisco

c)

Chicago to Detroit

d)

Baltimore and Ohio

6.

This country had the first commercial high speed train.

a)

What is Germany?

b)

What is Japan?

c)

What is England?

d)

What is China?

7.

Locomotion means

a)

Movement

b)

Crazy moves

c)

A train on the tracks

d)

Stopping a ttrain

8.

America mostly uses this type of transportation, in 2021.

a)

Electric motorcycles

b)

High speed electric trains

c)

Horses and carriages

d)

Fossil fuel based cars on freeways and roads

9.

There is one high speed train route in the US and it is called...

a)

Stevenson Rocket

b)

Acela

c)

Hyperloop

d)

Shinkansen

10.

What railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 connected the existing eastern U.S. rail network with the Pacific coast?

a)

Trans-Siberian Railway

b)

Trans-Pacific Rail Line

c)

Transcontinental Railroad

d)

Shinkansen Railway

11.

Trains have run on multiple types of power supplies including:

a)

Steam, Electricity, Diesel

b)

External combustion and water

c)

Nuclear, Hydroelectric, and Internal Combustion

d)

Solar, Electric, and Steam

12.

What country has the most miles/Km of high speed rail?

a)

United Kingdom

b)

Japan

c)

China

d)

United States