vid 1 Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

Refers to the movement of person, goods or vehicle, either thru foot, powered by combustion system or thru animal drawn from one place to another for the purpose of travel.

A

Traffic

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Groups that migrate in an established pattern to find pasture lands for themselves and for their domestic livestock.

A

Nomads

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Nomads, Greek “nomos” meaning…

A

To pasture

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

they wander for foods.
90% - old people living on this way
“Hunter gatherer”

A

Foraging Populations

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

they move with their families, belongings, and herds of cattle, camel, sheep, or goats through an annual cycle of pastures whose availability is determined by the alteration of hot and cold and wet and dry seasons.

A

Pastoral nomads

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q
  • similar itinerants in urban and complex societies who make and sell their products.
A

Tinkers or Gypsies

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

-is a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load

A

Carrying pole

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q
  • Goods are carried on the back
A

Back load and tumpline

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

“shoulder pole / milkmaids yoke”

A

carrying pole

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

old stone age in northern Europe

A

Sledge on rollers/runners

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

is a historical frame structure that was used by indigenous peoples, notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America.

A

Travois

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

First domesticated in Mesopotamia to draw war chariots while it was used in some parts of Africa for riding.

A

Ox

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q
  • used during Christians Eras on Siberia and northern part of the world to carry sled.
A

Reindeers

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Considered as the first domesticated animal

A

Dogs

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

First domesticated in Middle East

A

Donkeys

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

used by the Indians to serve as weapon and used as a pack animal

A

Llama

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q
  • first used by Asians. It was used to draw chariots
A

Horse

18
Q
  • used in central Asia to travel in the dessert.
A

Camels

19
Q

In the higher altitudes of the Himalayas Yak is used as a pack animal.

A

Yak

20
Q

-used for military operations. It was invented by Chinese philosophers Mozi and Lu Ban.

A

Ancient Chinese kite

21
Q

It was based from the flight of birds

A

Da Vinci’s Ornithopter

22
Q

It was invented by Montgolfier brothers of France (Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier)

A

Montgolfier Balloon

23
Q

He was the first person to try Montgolfier Balloon for 4 minutes

A

Jean Francois Pilatre de Rozier

24
Q

Thru this, first airmail was delivered in 1911 from New York to Paris

A

d. Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis

25
Q

was invented probably in Western Asia. It began to appear in Tigris-Euphrates Valley about 3500BC and later in Crete, Egypt and China.

A

Wheel

26
Q

were the major road builders in the ancient world with 53,000 miles of roads

A

Romans

27
Q

he advocated the feeder road building and perfected the Macadamized road in England.

A

John L. Macadam

28
Q

In early__________ served as the nursery of automobile builders that led to the invention of Bicycle.

A

19th century

29
Q
  • in 1817 he introduced a steerable wheel creating the “Draisienne” or “Dandy horse” or “Hobby Horse”.
A

Karl Von Drais

30
Q
  • in 1838, he made the first bicycle with pedals.
A

Kirkpatrick Macmillan

31
Q
  • bicycle with open pair of wheels, one large front wheel and a small one at the rear
A

Star bicycle

32
Q
  • used by several person both wheels are equal size.
A

Tandem bicycle

33
Q

-he invented the pneumatic tires (inflated by air).

A

John Boyd Dunlop

34
Q
  • vulcanization process of rubber
A

Charles Goodyear

35
Q
  • A Frenchman, who made possible the introduction of motorized carriages by his invention of the “INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE” in the 1860’s
A

Etienne Lenoir

36
Q

-pioneered the manufacture of gas engines

A

Nicolaus Otto And Gottlieb Daimler

37
Q

developed an internal combustion engine which uses liquid fuel known as “DIESEL FUEL”

A

Rudolf Diesel

38
Q
  • built the first automobile powered by ICE 1885. (Mercedes-Benz)
A

Karl Benz

39
Q
  • 1908 introduced the “MODEL T” (Ford Vehicle) which proved so popular in 1914.
A

Henry Ford

40
Q

when does wheel began to appear?

A

Tigris Euphrates Valley and later in Crete,Egypt,and China