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Transportation - Then and Now

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. 7000 years ago, people used to use .............. for transportation.

a)

cars

b)

bicycles

c)

animals

2.

2. The first vehicles were made from ............... and they floated on rivers and lakes.

a)

tree trunks

b)

paper

c)

stone

3.

3. About 5500 years ago, people invented the ............... and added it to sleds.

a)

raft

b)

wheel

c)

sled

4.

4. The wheel is one of the most important ........ in history.

a)

vehicle

b)

invention

c)

evidence

5.

5. Today, transportation can be done on water, land and in the .............

a)

air

b)

streets

c)

sky

6.

6. Egyptian traders sailed the first ships about 4500 years ago, on the river......

a)

Thames

b)

Amazon

c)

Nile.

7.

7. Ships became important for international ................ in goods like coffee, tea and spices.

a)

trade

b)

treaties

c)

peace

8.

8. Ships were powered by ................ in the 1850's.

a)

gas

b)

petroleum

c)

steam

9.

9. Nowadays, we have large ships, such as freighters, supertankers and .......

a)

sailboats

b)

cruise ships

c)

submarines

10.

10. The first train was built in the UK, in 1804 and its engine used ...... to heat the water.

a)

coal

b)

wood

c)

petroleum

11.

In 1825, the first railroad system opened in the........

a)

USA

b)

United Kingdom

c)

Arabic Emirates

12.

12. Nowadays, some high-speed trains can travel at more than ...... km/hour.

a)

200

b)

100

c)

300

13.

13. The first bicycles were made from.....

a)

metal

b)

steel

c)

wood.

14.

14. Modern bicycles are safer because they have ........ and the wheels are both the same size.

a)

tires

b)

brakes

c)

horns

15.

15. Bicycles are good because they don't produce ..............

a)

dust

b)

noise

c)

pollution

16.

16. The most famous bicycle ...... is the Tour de France.

a)

museum

b)

olympiad

c)

race

17.

17. Motorcycles have an engine, a strong metal frame and thick ............

a)

tires

b)

wires

c)

chains

18.

18. Daimler and Benz, made the first car with a ..... engine in 1885.

a)

diesel

b)

oil

c)

gasoline

19.

19. The first car only had ............ wheels.

a)

two

b)

four

c)

three

20.

20. By the 1950's, American cars were large, because gasoline was cheap and people wanted to travel on ..... distances.

a)

long

b)

medium

c)

short

21.

21. The .... is one of the fastest cars in the world (400km/hour)

a)

Peel P50

b)

Mustang

c)

Bugatti Veyron

22.

22. The smallest car in the world is ....... (134cm longx99cm wide).

a)

Peel P50

b)

Citroen C1

c)

Ford Model T