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History Of Transportation Flashcards

1
Q

4 reasons of early travel

A

Trading & Business
Religious reasons
Migration
War

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2
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What is game trails

A

Animal trails

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3
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Who create tracks during the early times?

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Animals

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4
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What were invented during the early times to have a more efficient transport

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Wheels and sleds

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5
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3 animals that create tracks

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Horses
Oxens
Donkeys

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6
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Who invented the Roads? Why?

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Romans, for armies to travel faster to conquer lands

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7
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Man-made waterways

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Canals

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8
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Where were canals developed?

A

Mesopotamia, India, Pakistan, and China

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9
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Why were canals invented?

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To get to destinations faster

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10
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1st watercraft; cut out from what?

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Canoes, cut out from tree trunks

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11
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Where was the 1st paved road? What was it made of?

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Baghdad, Iraq. They used tar.

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12
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Invented the concept of horse-drawn public bus which has route, schedule and fare system?

A

Blaise Pascal

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13
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Blaise Pascal invented horse-drawn public bus with?

A

Route
Schedule
Fare system

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14
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2 important inventions during the industrial revolution

A

Steam power

Railway

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15
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1st passengers of hot air balloon

A

Jean Francois

Francois Laurent

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16
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Who invented the hot air balloon

A

Montgolfier Brothers

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17
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Built a working model of a steam carriage in Redruth, England

A

William Murdoch

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18
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Ran a locomotive

A

Richard Trevithick

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19
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World’s 1st steamboat

A

Charlotte Dundas

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20
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Created Charlotte Dundas

A

William Symington

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21
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What is Maiden Voyage?

A

Very first trip of a ship

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22
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1st commercial steamboat with paying passengers

A

Clermont

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23
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Clermont was created by?

A

Robert Fulton

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24
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Built 1st practical steam-powered railway locomotive named “The Rocket”

A

George Stephenson and son

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25
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Who is the originator of bicycle and how

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Baron Karl, rode while collecting taxes from tenants

26
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1st vessel to cross Atlantic Ocean

A

SS Savannah (Sailing Ship Savannah)

27
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1st successful railroad system using steam engine

A

Stockton-Darlington Railway

28
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Designed the 1st modern highway

A

John Loudon McAdams

29
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1st ship with passengers crossing Atlantic

30
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Oldest cruise line in the world

A

Cunard Line

31
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Built glider

A

Sir George Cayley

32
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Made a gasoline engine automobile

A

Jean Lenoir

33
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Built 1st practical automobile powered by internal combustion engine

34
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First to make motorcycle available

A

Hildebrand and Wolfmuller

35
Q

1st crew ship and flag carrier of Germany, and by?

A

Prinzessin Victoria Luise by Hamburg-America Line

36
Q

Hamburg-America Line is owned by?

37
Q

Built the 1st successful airship

A

Ferdinand Von Zeppelin

38
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The 1st successful airship

39
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Built airflyer

A

The Wright Brothers

40
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Develops assembly line method of automobile manufacturing

A

Henry Ford

41
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World’s 1st airline

42
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Oldest existing South American Arline

43
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Oldest existing North American Airline

A

Delta Airline

44
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Oldest existing Asian airline

A

Philippine Airlines

45
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Oldest existing airline in Australia

46
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Oldest existing airline in Europe, oldest existing airline in the World; flag carrier of Netherland

47
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Oldest airline in Columbia

48
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Start of jet age

49
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First route of PAL

A

Manila - Baguio

50
Q

The power of the government to take private property and convert it into public use

A

Eminent Domain

51
Q

Private sector invest in transpo business to?

52
Q

Designed to prevent bottlenecks

A

Route plans

53
Q

Manila is the second most devastated land next to?

54
Q

Animal-drawn vehicle came first because

A

It’s already in the Bible

55
Q

Richard Trevithick is centered on

A

Railway / Locomotive

56
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Sir George Cayley is centered on

57
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John Loudon McAdam is centered on?

A

Road Development

58
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Launched the first-ocean going ship

59
Q

Airlines in South America

A

SCADTA
Avianca
LAN Chile

60
Q

Airlines in North America

A

St. Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line
Chalk Airline
Delta Airline

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