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Trade and Transport

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If you owned a refrigerated truck, which commodity are you most likely to transport ?

a)

Milk

b)

Flowers

c)

Live chickens

d)

Diamonds

2.

If you were transporting tulips from Amsterdam to New York, which mode of transport are you likely to use?

a)

Refrigerated truck

b)

Refrigerated cargo ship

c)

Aeroplane

d)

Rail

3.

Consulting the world map, how would you transport Oil from Anchorage (Alaska) to Wellington (New Zealand)?

a)

Pipeline

b)

Oil Tanker

c)

Oil Truck

d)

Aeroplane

4.

If you were transporting iron ore from Perth to Brisbane (both in Australia) , what mode of transport would you use?

a)

Container ship

b)

Rail

c)

Road

d)

Air

5.

What is the MAIN disadvantage of using container ships to transport goods overseas?

a)

It is unreliable

b)

Can’t carry in bulk

c)

It is slow

d)

Not enough ports

6.

What would be the most cost effective way of transporting oil from Durban to Johannesburg?

a)

Oil Tanker

b)

Pipeline

c)

Transport by road

d)

Transport by rail

7.

What is the MAIN disadvantage of transporting goods by air?

a)

Shortage of airports

b)

Safety

c)

Speed

d)

Cost

8.

What would be the best way to transport your Debonair's pizza from the shop to you?

a)

Car

b)

Bicycle

c)

Motorbike

d)

Truck

e)

Drone

9.

What is the main disadvantage of rail transport?

a)

Not all areas have railway lines

b)

It is expensive

c)

It is slower than by road

d)

The ‘jolting’ (bouncing up and down) damages goods

10.

‘Refrigerated trucks have meant that farmers can now live further away from cities’. This statement is...

a)

False

b)

True

c)

Not enough information supplied

11.

Two classifications of modes of transportation are...

a)

private, public transport

b)

nodes, routes

c)

none

12.

Public Transport is provided by a private company

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Railway tracks are included as transport infrastructure

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Peak hour refers to the part of the day during the traffic volume is...

a)

highest

b)

lowest

c)

average

d)

morning