History - Term 3

Question 1

What was the most important invention in early transport?

Answer 1

The Wheel

Question 2

Why was the wheel such an important invention?

Answer 2

It made it easier to transport heavy loads for longer distances, and people could travel and trade more easily.

Question 3

Which 2 types of transport use a steam engine?

Answer 3

1. A Ship

2. A Train

Question 4

How does a steam engine work?

Answer 4

Water is boiled over a coal fire, the steam that is generated uses energy to make the engine work.

Question 5

What are the different ways you can travel on land?

Answer 5

1. Walking
2. Riding on animals
3. Cycling
4. Motor Cars
5. Trains

Question 6

What was the first bicycle called?

Answer 6

A running machine

Question 7

What is the bicycle with a big wheel and a small wheel called?

Answer 7

A Penny Farthing

Question 8

When was the motor car invented?

Answer 8

1880’s

Question 9

Who where the 2 inventors of the early motor cars?

Answer 9

1. Carl Benz

2. Gottlieb Daimler

Question 10

Where where Carl Benz & Gottlieb Daimler from?

Answer 10

Germany

Question 11

What did you need to do to start the engine of old motor cars?

Answer 11

You had to turn a crank handle at the front of the car

Question 12

Who built the first affordable motor car?

Answer 12

Henry Ford

Question 13

What name of the car that Henry Ford built?

Answer 13

The Model T Ford or Tin Lizzy

Question 14

Name 3 oldest forms of water transport

Answer 14

1. Rafts
2. Canoes
3. Reed Boats

Question 15

Name 4 types of of sail boats

Answer 15

1. Arab dhows
2. Caravels
3. British tall ships
4. Clippers

Question 16

What where the names of the brothers that built the first aeroplane?

Answer 16

Orville & Wilbur Wright

Question 17

How where the first sailing ships powered?

Answer 17

By Wind

Question 18

What was the name of the ships that the Chinese invented?

Answer 18

Chinese Junks

Question 19

What is the gas that cars and other vehicles give off?

Answer 19

Exhaust Fumes

Question 20

True or False: Exhaust fumes are harmful to people, plants, animals and the environment.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

In what year did the Wright Brothers fly across the United States of America and how long did it take them?

Answer 21

In 1911 and it took them 84 Days

Question 22

When was the first airplane built?

Answer 22

1903

Question 23

What is the Largest airplane in the world and how many people can it carry?

Answer 23

The A380-800 and it can carry more than 500 people

Question 24

Why was rocket technology such an important invention?

Answer 24

It allowed humans to go to space.

Question 25

Who was the first South African to go to space?

Answer 25

Mark Shuttleworth

Question 26

What did the Wright brothers do to figure out how to fly?

Answer 26

They watched birds

Question 27

What did the Wright Brothers know they needed a lot of to fly?

Answer 27

Wind

Question 28

Explain how a hot air ballon works.

Answer 28

Use smoke from a fire to blow hot air into a silk bag which was attached to a basket. The hot air then rises and allows the balloon to be lighter then air

Question 29

What did airships use to move forward?

Answer 29

Petrol Engines

Question 30

Name 2 types of trains we use today?

Answer 30

Electric & Diesel Trains

Question 31

Name 2 things the Chinese invented

Answer 31

1. Movable Sails

2. Compass

Question 32

Give 2 reasons that exhaust fumes are bad?

Answer 32

Damage peoples lungs
People get sick more easily
Plants don't grow well
Animals eat unhealthy plants
Global warming