Histrory and types of Transportaion Flashcards
What was the first form of transportation?
Feet
( after feet era) People eventually started using what as transport?
Animals
Fill in the blanks
Donkeys, Horses, where___________and___________to transport.
domesticated, trained
What did people carve out of logs to use as transport
And they used walk road ______________________________
Later on they created something to move from one place to another what was it?
A= boats
B=animals
C=wheel vehicles
Road Transportation includes the use of:
lorries , motor vehicles, car, trucks, bikes, bicycles, buses
Name the advantages of road transportation
It is more flexible than other modes of transport
It is cheaper and faster
it has a high capacity of carying goods over short distances.
Name the major disadvantage of road transportation
Maintenace
What period was the railway developed and in what century?
Industtrial revolution in the 19 century
What reason was the building of railway transport apart of?
Political reason
These were built to penetrate ___________ and to promote political ___________.
isolated regions, polical unity
What are the advantages of the railway transport?
The ability to carry heavy and bulky goods
Comfortable for long distance
Cheap and safe
True or false : water transport is not the cheapest way of transport bulky goods over long distances.
False
True or false : water transport is not the cheapest way of transport bulky goods over long distances.
False
There are two major forms of water transport: what are they?
ocean and inland water way
What am i : I am the system of transporting goods through all navigable rivers, lakes and man made canals.
in land water way
