Transport & communication Flashcards
What is transport?
Transport refers to the movement of people, animals and goods from one place to another.
The first wheels were made of which material and when?
Stone and wood
5000 years ago
Use of wheels in older times
Added to carts for carrying heavy loads
Helps humans make Potter wheels to make vessels to cook and store food items
For spinning threads to start weaving and wearing clothes.
Important points about Marco Polo
Venitian explorer
Wrote a book describing his travels
Name of the book is the travels of Marco Polo
1st to introduce Central Asia and Paris to the Europeans
Who introduced Central Asia and far east to the Europeans?
Marco Polo
Who proved that the earth was round
Ferdinand Magellan
And what did Ferdinand Magellan Do
He sailed west word from Europe to reach East India
When he returned back to Europe he had taken a full circle and hence he could prove that the earth is round
Who was the first Europeans seller to arrive in South Africa and when
Bartholomew Dias
South Africa in 1488
What did Bartholomew Dias discover
Cape of storms
The first European sailor to travel to India
Vasco da Gama
He came for silk and spices
Who discovered America
Christopher Columbus
