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The history Of Transport 😉🧸🧸🧸🧸🧸🧸🧸🧸🧸⬅️⬅️⬅️. CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Flashcards

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What is a coach?

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A coach is a type of wagon with a cover. The covers were made from wood.

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What is the most common type of coach?

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A stage coach.

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What is a stagecoach?

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A stagecoach was pulled by 4 horses. People first used them as transport between towns in Europe.

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What pulls a chariot?

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A horse

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What pulls a wagon?

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An ox/ oxen

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What pulls a stagecoach?

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4 horses

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What pulls a cart?

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A donkey

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What was the first vehicle with wheels?

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A cart

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What is the difference between a wagon and a cart?

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Wagons are bigger. They have fours wheels. Different kinds of animals can pull them. They carry people.

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What was one of the first forms of transport?

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Animals

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When did peoples lives change?

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When they tamed animals and they didn’t need to walk everywhere. They could use animals.

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Give me three facts about donkeys:

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  1. People can ride on them.
  2. Donkeys can carry heavy things on their backs.
  3. Donkeys can be used for pulling carts.
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Give three negatives about donkeys in transport:

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  1. Stubborn
  2. Cannot travel for long distances- get tired and hungry
  3. Don’t like to be told what to do.
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Give me 4 positives about Camels

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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

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Give me six positives about elephants

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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

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What does tame mean?

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To train a wild animal

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What does stubborn mean?

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Unwilling to do what you are told

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What is a desert?

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A stretch of hot Sandy land, very few plants and trees grow

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What does wild mean?

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Or tame. Can be dangerous.

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Tell me about the first bicycle.

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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.

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What was the bone shaker?

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It was uncomfortable.
It was made of wood.
It had metal tyres and pedals.
The rider pushed the pedals to move the bike.

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Tell me about high wheel bikes

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They had one big wheel and one small wheel
The most famous: penny farthing
Dangerous
Riders often fell and hurt themselves

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Tell me about safety bikes

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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

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What was the most successful type of steam transport?

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The train

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Describe the steam train
It was a steam engine on wheels The wheels fitted onto a special track called a railway line
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Who and when was the rocket built?
George Stevenson built the steam train in 1829
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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
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How do steam trains cause pollution?
They make a lot of smoke The smoke causes air pollution which is bad for people,s health
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What fuel does a steam engine use?
Coal
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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.
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Who is James Watt?
He invented the first steam engine.
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How does the steam engine work?
Coal was burnt to heat water and the hot water turned into steam. This steam turned an engine.
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What was the first type of car?
Steam car. It was not popular because it was not practical to burn fuel to make steam.
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Who built the first car?
Karl Benz in 1885. He used fuel like petrol\ diesel
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Who invented the first bus?
Gottfried Daimler
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Who invented the assembly line to make cars?
Henry Ford
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Why are cars better than trains?
Smaller Quieter Don’t need tracks to run on.
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How did you start the Tin Lizzy?
You started the Model T Ford by cranking it with a starting handle.
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How has road transport changed?
Tar roads, smooth roads, turn a key, tank of petrol in car.
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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.
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Similarities between different forms of transport - then and now:
Wheels Places to sit Transport Carry stuff
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Differences between transport then and now:
Steering wheel and powered by engine Wheels are made by metal and rubber (not wood)
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What causes pollution?
Exhaust fumes cause air pollution
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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.
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What was the first form of transport?
Carrying
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What was a sledge, made from branches used for?
It was used to drag heavy items
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How did Ibn Battuta travel in Syria?
A camel caravan
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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
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How did he travel over ice?
A sled, pulled by huskies
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When was the first wheel invented?
Iraq, about 5000 years ago.
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Which form of transport used wheels first
Cart
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What were the earliest carts?
Pulled/ pushed by people. Soon people started using animals~ they could travel faster and transport more.
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Tell me about a cart
Two wheels pulled by horse or donkeys Used for carrying light loads
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What is a wagon
Bigger than Carts to use to carry heavy loads Have four wheels pulled by oxen or horses
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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
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Who invented the first bicycle?
Baron Karl Von drain in Germany in 1817. It was called the running machine.
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Tell me about a bone shakers?
They had Steel wheels which made people’s bones shake.
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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.
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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.
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Differences between penny farthing and modern bikes
Pedal only on front wheel No chains No gears No suspension No mud guard Thicker tyres
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When was the first motor car in SA?
4 January 1897. People paid 25cents to be the first see it.
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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
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In SA, what other name was used for a motor car?
Horseless Carriage

History term 3: Transport (1 decks)

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