Transport through time

Question 1

What was the first form of transport still used today?

Answer 1

Carrying

Question 2

Why is carrying not the best form of transport?

Answer 2

Heavy loads are difficult for people to carry

Question 3

Name another form of early transport

Answer 3

The sledge

Question 4

Thousands of years ago people began to tame…

Answer 4

Animals

Question 5

How did taming animals help people?

Answer 5

They did not need to walk everywhere

Animals could carry loads

Question 6

Where and when was the wheel invented?

Answer 6

Ancient Sumer (modern Iraq) about 5000 years ago

Question 7

What was the first form of transport to use wheels?

Answer 7

The cart

Question 8

What is the difference between a cart and a wagon?

Answer 8

A cart has two wheels and a wagon has four wheels

Question 9

The earliest courts with wheels were pulled or pushed by…

Answer 9

People

Question 10

What is the difference between a wagon and a coach?

Answer 10

A coach was mainly used to transport people. Coaches were pulled by two, four or six horses

Question 11

Who invented the first bicycle?

Answer 11

Baron Karl von Drais

Question 12

What was the first bicycle called?

Answer 12

The running machine

Question 13

When and where was the first bicycle invented?

Answer 13

Germany in 1817

Question 14

The earliest bicycles were called…

Answer 14

Bone shakers (they had steel wheels)

Question 15

what was the first bicycle to have pedals?

Answer 15

The Penny Farthing

Question 16

The first bicycle to have both wheels the same size was called the…

Answer 16

Safety bicycle

Question 17

Who invented the first steam engine?

Answer 17

James Watt

Question 18

Who invented the first locomotive (train)?

Answer 18

George Stephenson

Question 19

What was the first locomotive called and what year was it made?

Answer 19

The Rocket, in 1829

Question 20

Who invented the first real motorcar?

Answer 20

Karl Benz

Question 21

What year was the first motorcar built?

Answer 21

1885

Question 22

What problems have cars and trucks and trains brought us?

Answer 22

Gases from car exhausts are poisonous and cause illnesses
Many people get asthma and pneumonia from exhausts and die from these illnesses every year
The fumes from cars are very bad for the environment, they pollute the air
Motorcars cause road accidents

Question 23

What were some of the earliest forms of water transport?

Answer 23

Canoes

Question 24

What did people start to add to canoes to improve them?

Answer 24

Sails

Question 25

What was one of the first sailboats?

Answer 25

The dhow

Question 26

What was the early Chinese sail ship called?

Answer 26

Chinese Junks

Question 27

What was the name of the early Portuguese sail ships?

Answer 27

Caravels

Question 28

What was the name of the early British sales ships?

Answer 28

British tall ships

Question 29

After sails, what was the next addition to ships?

Answer 29

The steam engine — steamboats

Question 30

Name the three types of ships that transport goods today

Answer 30

Container ships, oil tankers and cargo ships

Question 31

What year was the first human flight?

Answer 31

1783

Question 32

What was the first human flight made in?

Answer 32

A hot air balloon designed by the French brothers Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier

Question 33

Before Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier went up in their balloon, who did they send up first?

Answer 33

A chicken, a duck and a sheep

Question 34

After the hot air balloon came the…

Answer 34

Airship

Question 35

What was the name of the first airship?

Answer 35

The Zeppelin

Question 36

Who invented the aeroplane?

Answer 36

Orville and Wilbur Wright

Question 37

What was the first aeroplane called?

Answer 37

The Flyer

Question 38

What two events helped make great improvements to aeroplanes

Answer 38

The first and second world wars

Question 39

How long did it take to fly from Johannesburg to London in 1934?

Answer 39

9 1/2 days