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M6 Unit 3 Passage 1 Reading and Comprehension questions

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is not true?

a)

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

b)

The First ships were build 60,000 years ago.

c)

The first phase of ship design occurred in Egypt.

d)

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

2.

What is the author's point about tidal docks?

a)

They made it cost less to build ships.

b)

They made it easier to copy ancient ship designs.

c)

They helped ships be build more efficiently.

d)

They demonstrated how primitive Egyptian design was

3.

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

a)

The Indians build tidal docks.

b)

The Egyptians welded rudders together

c)

The Chinese invented the rudder for steering

d)

The British invented the stern-mounted oar.

4.

What was the fourth major development in ship design?

a)

Using Iron beams to replace wood

b)

Introduction cannons on sailing ships

c)

Staring maritime battles

d)

Patrolling the oceans with navies

5.

How did the invention of the rudder improve sealing?

a)

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

b)

To make boat fly to the sky.

c)

To make it faster than the sports car.

d)

to make a laser beam.

6.

How did watertight bulkhead compartments help ship design?

a)

They improve the handing of the sails.

b)

They made it harder for a ship to sink.

c)

They strengthened beams that supported cannons

d)

They made it easier to steer the ship.

7.

What is AD?

a)

Advance Dictionary

b)

After death

c)

A dog

d)

Anno Domini

8.

What does the word millennia means?

a)

A thousand years

b)

One day

c)

One hour

d)

Ten minutes and forty seconds

9.

What is the meaning of BC?

a)

Before Class

b)

By car

c)

Before Christ

d)

Big Cats

10.

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

a)
b)
c)
d)