History Of Transportation Flashcards

(60 cards)

1
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4 reasons of early travel

A

Trading & Business
Religious reasons
Migration
War

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2
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What is game trails

A

Animal trails

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3
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Who create tracks during the early times?

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Animals

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4
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What were invented during the early times to have a more efficient transport

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Wheels and sleds

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5
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3 animals that create tracks

A

Horses
Oxens
Donkeys

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6
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Who invented the Roads? Why?

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Romans, for armies to travel faster to conquer lands

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7
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Man-made waterways

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Canals

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8
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Where were canals developed?

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Mesopotamia, India, Pakistan, and China

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9
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Why were canals invented?

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To get to destinations faster

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10
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1st watercraft; cut out from what?

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Canoes, cut out from tree trunks

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Where was the 1st paved road? What was it made of?

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Baghdad, Iraq. They used tar.

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12
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Invented the concept of horse-drawn public bus which has route, schedule and fare system?

A

Blaise Pascal

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13
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Blaise Pascal invented horse-drawn public bus with?

A

Route
Schedule
Fare system

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14
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2 important inventions during the industrial revolution

A

Steam power

Railway

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15
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1st passengers of hot air balloon

A

Jean Francois

Francois Laurent

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16
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Who invented the hot air balloon

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Montgolfier Brothers

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17
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Built a working model of a steam carriage in Redruth, England

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William Murdoch

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18
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Ran a locomotive

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Richard Trevithick

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19
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World’s 1st steamboat

A

Charlotte Dundas

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20
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Created Charlotte Dundas

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William Symington

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21
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What is Maiden Voyage?

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Very first trip of a ship

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22
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1st commercial steamboat with paying passengers

A

Clermont

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23
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Clermont was created by?

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Robert Fulton

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24
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Built 1st practical steam-powered railway locomotive named “The Rocket”

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George Stephenson and son

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Who is the originator of bicycle and how
Baron Karl, rode while collecting taxes from tenants
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1st vessel to cross Atlantic Ocean
SS Savannah (Sailing Ship Savannah)
27
1st successful railroad system using steam engine
Stockton-Darlington Railway
28
Designed the 1st modern highway
John Loudon McAdams
29
1st ship with passengers crossing Atlantic
Britannia
30
Oldest cruise line in the world
Cunard Line
31
Built glider
Sir George Cayley
32
Made a gasoline engine automobile
Jean Lenoir
33
Built 1st practical automobile powered by internal combustion engine
Karl Renz
34
First to make motorcycle available
Hildebrand and Wolfmuller
35
1st crew ship and flag carrier of Germany, and by?
Prinzessin Victoria Luise by Hamburg-America Line
36
Hamburg-America Line is owned by?
HAPAG
37
Built the 1st successful airship
Ferdinand Von Zeppelin
38
The 1st successful airship
Zeppelin
39
Built airflyer
The Wright Brothers
40
Develops assembly line method of automobile manufacturing
Henry Ford
41
World's 1st airline
DELAG
42
Oldest existing South American Arline
LAN Chile
43
Oldest existing North American Airline
Delta Airline
44
Oldest existing Asian airline
Philippine Airlines
45
Oldest existing airline in Australia
Qantas
46
Oldest existing airline in Europe, oldest existing airline in the World; flag carrier of Netherland
KLM
47
Oldest airline in Columbia
Avianca
48
Start of jet age
WW2 Era
49
First route of PAL
Manila - Baguio
50
The power of the government to take private property and convert it into public use
Eminent Domain
51
Private sector invest in transpo business to?
To profit
52
Designed to prevent bottlenecks
Route plans
53
Manila is the second most devastated land next to?
Poland
54
Animal-drawn vehicle came first because
It's already in the Bible
55
Richard Trevithick is centered on
Railway / Locomotive
56
Sir George Cayley is centered on
Aviation
57
John Loudon McAdam is centered on?
Road Development
58
Launched the first-ocean going ship
Selandia
59
Airlines in South America
SCADTA Avianca LAN Chile
60
Airlines in North America
St. Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line Chalk Airline Delta Airline