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CHAPTER 1 - HISTORY Flashcards

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  • Refers to the movement of person, goods or vehicle, either through foot, powered by combustion system or through animal drawn from one place to another for the purpose of travel.
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TRAFFIC

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  • Groups that migrate in an established pattern to find pasture lands for themselves and for their domestic livestock.
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Nomads

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Nomads came from the Greek word ___ which means? was referred to as?

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nomos; to pasture; Pastoralist

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these are group of people who wander for foods; They are also known as

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Foraging Populations; hunter gatherer

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they move with their families, belongings, and herds of cattle, camel, sheep, or goats through an annual cycle of pastures whose availability is determined by the alteration of hot and cold and wet and dry seasons.

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Pastoral Nomads

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these are group of people who make and sell their product similar itinerants in urban and complex societies.

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Tinkers or Gypsies; Trader Nomads

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  • It was started in China and other parts of Far East.
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Carrying Pole

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  • It is also called a shoulder pole or a milkmaid’s yoke, is a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load.
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Carrying Pole

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  • Goods are carried on the back.
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Back Load and Tumpline

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Back Load and Tumpline ; Subtemala

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forehead

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Back Load and Tumpline ; Andes

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chest

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  • Old Stone Age in Northern Europe
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Sledge On Rollers/Runners

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  • Is a historical frame structure that was used by indigenous peoples, notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America, to drag loads over land.
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Travois

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two poles that are crossed to each other

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Travois

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  • Used to transport agricultural products.
  • First domesticated in Mesopotamia to draw war chariots while it was used in some parts of Africa for riding
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ox

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  • Used during Christians Eras on Siberia and northern part of the world to carry sled.
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Reindeers

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  • Used in northern region especially in cold places to carry sled.
  • Considered as the first domesticated animal.
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 Gangs of dogs / Dogs

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  • First domesticated in Middle East (specifically in the country of Egypt and Mesopotamia)
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 Donkeys

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  • Used by the Indians to serve as weapon and used as a pack animal.
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 Llama

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  • First used by Asians.
  • It was used to draw chariots
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 Horse

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  • Used in central Asia (Afghanistan) to travel in the dessert.
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Camels ; Bactrian Camel, also known as Mongolian Camel

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  • In the higher altitudes of the Himalayas, it is used as a pack animal.
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yak

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being used for measuring distances, testing the wind, signaling, and communication for military operations.

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 Ancient Chinese kite

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 Ancient Chinese kite was invented by Chinese philosophers

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Mozi and Lu Ban.

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  • It was based on the flight of birds.
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 Da Vinci’s Ornithopter

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 Da Vinci’s Ornithopter is derived from the word “____” which means? and “______” which means ?

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“ornithos” which means “bird” and “pteron” which means “wings”

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 Montgolfier balloon was invented by

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Montgolfier brothers of France (Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier)

30
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a chemistry and physics teacher. The first person na sumakay sa Montgolfier balloon.

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“Jean Francois Pilatre de Rozier”; 4 min

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first airmail was delivered in 1911 from New York to Paris

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 Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis

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 Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis was made by?

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Capt. Charles A. Lindbergh.

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  • Was invented probably in Western Asia. (specifically in the country of Mesopotamia)
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 Wheel

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  • It began to appear in Tigris-Euphrates Valley about 3500BC and later in Crete, Egypt and China.
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wheel

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  • Were the major road builders in the ancient world.
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 Romans

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  • The romans road network reached a total of about
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50,000 mile

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served as the nursery of automobile builders that led to the invention of Bicycle.

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19th century

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  • He advocated the feeder road building and perfected the Macadamized Road in England about 1815.
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 John L. Macadam

35
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  • The wheels were made of wood, with tires of iron, and the riders pushed themselves along with their feet on the ground.
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steerable wheel creating the “Draisienne” or “Dandy horse” or “Hobby Horse”.

36
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  • In 1817 he introduced a steerable wheel creating the “Draisienne” or “Dandy horse” or “Hobby Horse”.
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 Karl Von Drais

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  • It is considered as the ancestor of bicycle
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steerable wheel creating the “Draisienne” or “Dandy horse” or “Hobby Horse”.

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  • In 1838, he made the first bicycle with pedals.
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 Kirkpatrick Macmillan

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  • Bicycle with open pair of wheels, one large front wheel and a small one at the rear.
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 Star bicycle

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1888, he invented the pneumatic tires (inflated by air).

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 John Boyd Dunlop

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  • Used by several person both wheels are equal size.
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 Tandem bicycle

39
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has a great contribution to the invention of vehicles because of his Pneumatic Tire invention which appeared in 19th century.

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 John Boyd Dunlop

40
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vulcanization process of rubber.

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 Charles Goodyear

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  • A Frenchman, who made possible the introduction of motorized carriages by his invention of the “INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE” in the 1860’s
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 Etienne Lenoir

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– pioneered the manufacture of gas engines.

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 Nicolaus Otto And Gottlieb Daimler

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developed an internal combustion engine which uses liquid fuel

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 Rudolf Diesel

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  • Built the first automobile powered by Internal Combustion Engine 1885.
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 Karl Benz

45
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  • 1908 introduced the “MODEL T” (Ford Vehicle) which proved so popular in 1914.
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 Henry Ford

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