Globalisation facts

Question 1

Name of American merchant involved with railways, when + what they proposed

Answer 1

Asa Whitney, 1840s
He proposed a transcontinental railroad connecting Lake Michigan and Oregon = cut the journey to China to 30 days

Question 2

Indian railroad length + years

Answer 2

1860 - 1880
838 - 15842 miles

Question 3

Trans Siberian railways length

Answer 3

9000km

Question 4

What is technologically leapfrogging and where does it occur?

Answer 4

Skipping step in technological progression e.g. straight to mobile phones
Areas of Africa

Question 5

Approx how large are large container ships?

Answer 5

400m, 13000 containers

Question 6

When were steamboats introduced?

Answer 6

1802

Question 7

Steam rail locomotives introduced

Answer 7

1804

Question 8

First automobiles in commercial production

Answer 8

1886

Question 9

Development of shipping container

Answer 9

1955

Question 10

Commercial development of jet aircraft

Answer 10

1960s

Question 11

First transatlantic telephone cable

Answer 11

1955-56

Question 12

First commercially available mobile phone

Answer 12

1983

Question 13

Worldwide web launched

Answer 13

1991