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WorksheetsHistory: Transportation: The History of Transport Quiz 1_sk
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 19mins
How fast could people travel in the past and today?
Match the correct answers.
Motorcar today
75 km/h
Steam train in 1850
25 km/h
Motorcar in 1913
160 km/h
Gautrain today
Limited to speed limit
60-120 km/h
How far could goods be transported in the past and today?
Match the correct answers.
Long distance trucks
15 km a day
Wagons pulled by oxen
40 km a day
Container ships
Dependent on the wind
Animals carrying goods
800 km a day
Sailing Ships
More than 1000 km a day
Choose the correct answer:
The oldest form of transporting goods is when _______ carry things.
humans
robots
animals
trucks
Choose the correct answer:
Transport became ______ over time.
Faster
Slower
True or False:
It is only in the last 100 years that spacecraft have been invented.
True
False
Which form of travel never changed over the years?
Walking
Ox wagons
Bicycles
Trams
People started using hot air balloons about (a) years ago.
Which of the below were introduced about 100 years ago?
Choose all the correct answers.
True or False:
Animals have been used for transportation and travel since 7 000 years ago until today.
True
False
True or False:
People can walk faster today than they did years ago.
True
False
