The history Of Transport 😉🧸🧸🧸🧸🧸🧸🧸🧸🧸⬅️⬅️⬅️. CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Flashcards
What is a coach?
A coach is a type of wagon with a cover. The covers were made from wood.
What is the most common type of coach?
A stage coach.
What is a stagecoach?
A stagecoach was pulled by 4 horses. People first used them as transport between towns in Europe.
What pulls a chariot?
A horse
What pulls a wagon?
An ox/ oxen
What pulls a stagecoach?
4 horses
What pulls a cart?
A donkey
What was the first vehicle with wheels?
A cart
What is the difference between a wagon and a cart?
Wagons are bigger. They have fours wheels. Different kinds of animals can pull them. They carry people.
What was one of the first forms of transport?
Animals
When did peoples lives change?
When they tamed animals and they didn’t need to walk everywhere. They could use animals.
Give me three facts about donkeys:
- People can ride on them.
- Donkeys can carry heavy things on their backs.
- Donkeys can be used for pulling carts.
Give three negatives about donkeys in transport:
- Stubborn
- Cannot travel for long distances- get tired and hungry
- Don’t like to be told what to do.
Give me 4 positives about Camels
1.They can walk for very long distances without Drinking water for days
2.They use the fat in their humps to give them energy
3.They have wide feet so they do not sink into the sand
4.double eyelashes
Give me six positives about elephants
1.Can use its trunk like a hand and lift very heavy loads
2.It’s a strong and can carry heavy weights on its back
3.Can pull heavy things
4.Can Walk through muddy forests
5.Has a very firm grip with its toes and can walk through slippery mud
6.Can walk through places where there are no roads
What does tame mean?
To train a wild animal
What does stubborn mean?
Unwilling to do what you are told
What is a desert?
A stretch of hot Sandy land, very few plants and trees grow
What does wild mean?
Or tame. Can be dangerous.
Tell me about the first bicycle.
It was invented about 200 years ago.
It was made of wood and had no pedals
The rider pushed the bike with his feet on the ground.
What was the bone shaker?
It was uncomfortable.
It was made of wood.
It had metal tyres and pedals.
The rider pushed the pedals to move the bike.
Tell me about high wheel bikes
They had one big wheel and one small wheel
The most famous: penny farthing
Dangerous
Riders often fell and hurt themselves
Tell me about safety bikes
It looked more like the bike we have today
The pedals were linked to a chain that turned the back wheel
It had rubber tyres and brakes
What was the most successful type of steam transport?
The train
Describe the steam train
It was a steam engine on wheels
The wheels fitted onto a special track called a railway line
Who and when was the rocket built?
George Stevenson built the steam train in 1829
How did trains change lives? List 5
Trains move people and goods fast
Farmers get fresh produce to market faster
Railways help to grow South Africa’s mining towns
People get jobs working on the railways
Trains help cities grow
How do steam trains cause pollution?
They make a lot of smoke
The smoke causes air pollution which is bad for people,s health
What fuel does a steam engine use?
Coal
What is the Industrial revolution?
In the 1700s someone used steam to drive machinery. People built factories to make cotton cloth to sell. People moved to factories. Cities grew. The world changed.
Who is James Watt?
He invented the first steam engine.
How does the steam engine work?
Coal was burnt to heat water and the hot water turned into steam. This steam turned an engine.
What was the first type of car?
Steam car. It was not popular because it was not practical to burn fuel to make steam.
Who built the first car?
Karl Benz in 1885. He used fuel like petrol\ diesel
Who invented the first bus?
Gottfried Daimler
Who invented the assembly line to make cars?
Henry Ford
Why are cars better than trains?
Smaller
Quieter
Don’t need tracks to run on.
How did you start the Tin Lizzy?
You started the Model T Ford by cranking it with a starting handle.
How has road transport changed?
Tar roads, smooth roads, turn a key, tank of petrol in car.
How has the motor car changed peoples lives:
Jobs for people in car factories
People uses buses and taxis
It’s faster to get around
Cars went places where railways couldn’t
Big trucks carry goods.
Similarities between different forms of transport - then and now:
Wheels
Places to sit
Transport
Carry stuff
Differences between transport then and now:
Steering wheel and powered by engine
Wheels are made by metal and rubber (not wood)
What causes pollution?
Exhaust fumes cause air pollution
What do car fumes do?
They are poisonous
They cause illnesses
People get asthma and pneumonia
The earth is getting warmer ( global warming)
Plants and animals will die.
What was the first form of transport?
Carrying
What was a sledge, made from branches used for?
It was used to drag heavy items
How did Ibn Battuta travel in Syria?
A camel caravan
How did Ibn Battuta travel in the desert?
Wagons, covered by felt cloth and drawn by horses. He could sleep, eat, rad and write inside the wagon
How did he travel over ice?
A sled, pulled by huskies
When was the first wheel invented?
Iraq, about 5000 years ago.
Which form of transport used wheels first
Cart
What were the earliest carts?
Pulled/ pushed by people. Soon people started using animals~ they could travel faster and transport more.
Tell me about a cart
Two wheels pulled by horse or donkeys
Used for carrying light loads
What is a wagon
Bigger than Carts to use to carry heavy loads
Have four wheels pulled by oxen or horses
What is a coach
Vehicle is used to transport people four wheels and seats for people to sit on.pulled by 4 or 6 Horses
Who invented the first bicycle?
Baron Karl Von drain in Germany in 1817. It was called the running machine.
Tell me about a bone shakers?
They had Steel wheels which made people’s bones shake.
Tell me about the safety bike
Both wheels were the same size- which allowed cyclists feet to reach the ground. Looked similar to bikes of today.
What is a sit and beg bike?
You sit up straight with your hands in front of you. You look like a small dog begging for food.
Differences between penny farthing and modern bikes
Pedal only on front wheel
No chains
No gears
No suspension
No mud guard
Thicker tyres
When was the first motor car in SA?
4 January 1897.
People paid 25cents to be the first see it.
What was the advantages of the car- according to SA newspaper in 1897
No more horse sickness
No more expensive food for horses
No broken harnesses
No lazy grooms
No runaway horses
It could stand in street without being looked after
In SA, what other name was used for a motor car?
Horseless Carriage
