Gr4 History term 3 - transport

Question 1

what is a hump

Answer 1

a bump on a camels back

Question 2

what is a desert

Answer 2

a stretch of land that is very sandy and hot and very few plants grow there

Question 3

what does wild mean

Answer 3

not tame, can be dangerous to people

Question 4

what is a jungle

Answer 4

a thick forest

Question 5

what does stubborn mean

Answer 5

unwilling to do what they are told

Question 6

what is a vehicle

Answer 6

something that transports people and goods

Question 7

what is a shaft

Answer 7

a long pole

Question 8

what is a cart

Answer 8

a transport vehicle that has 2 wheels that is pulled by an animal

Question 9

what is a wagon?

Answer 9

a covered vehicle with 4 wheels that is used to transport goods

Question 10

what is an ox?

Answer 10

a big tame animal, more than 1 is called an oxen

Question 11

what is a coach?

Answer 11

vehicle that has 4 wheels and is pulled by a horse

Question 12

what is a harness?

Answer 12

straps fitted to an animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart

Question 13

what are reins?

Answer 13

long straps used to control an animal

Question 14

what is a horseshoe?

Answer 14

u-shaped piece of iron nailed at the bottom of a horse’s hoof

Question 15

did people often ride in wagons?

Answer 15

no, they were often too uncomrtable to sit in so people prefered to walk next to them

Question 16

what is a caption?

Answer 16

the words written undernearth a picture of photo to describe it

Question 17

what is a tandem bicycle?

Answer 17

a bicycle with 2 seats and 2 sets of pedals

Question 18

What is a bicycle?

Answer 18

to have 2 wheels - bi means 2 and cycle means circles

Question 19

did the first bicycle have pedals?

Answer 19

no

Question 20

what was different about the 2nd type of bicycle that was made?

Answer 20

it had a comfortable seat and pedals to move it forward

Question 21

what is a penny farthing?

Answer 21

a bicycle with a very big front wheel and small back wheel. the rider sat up high on top of the big front wheel. was very dangerous

Question 22

what was the “safety bicycle”?

Answer 22

had two wheels the same size and the pedals turned the back wheel with a chain and had handle bars to steer the front wheel

Question 23

how long ago were motor cars invented?

Answer 23

over 100 years ago

Question 24

what were the first cars powered by?

Answer 24

steam
they were very hard to start and were very noisy

Question 25

what type of engines were fitted into cars that were less noisy than steam engines?

Answer 25

petrol engines

Question 26

what was the most famous of the first cars to be made in a factory?

Answer 26

Model T-Ford

Question 27

what does invent mean?

Answer 27

to make something that no one else has made before

Question 28

what does curious mean?

Answer 28

eager to learn and find out more

Question 29

what is a locomotive?

Answer 29

a vehicle with wheels and an engine that is used to pull trains along the railway tracks

Question 30

what was the most important form of transport before the steam engine?

Answer 30

horses

Question 31

what invented the locomotive with a steam engine?

Answer 31

George Stephenson

Question 32

Why is a steam train better than a horse and carriage/coach? (6 things)

Answer 32

the steam train - could pull many carriages with lots people and heavy goods - it didn't get tired - was 50% cheaper than coach travel - was a lot quicker than coach travel - 3rd class with open topped carriage was even cheaper so poor people could afford to travel -cheaper food in towns and cities because of the quicker transport to market

Question 33

what were the oldest boats made from?

Answer 33

wood and reeds

Question 34

how did the oldest boats move forward?

Answer 34

wooden oars and human muscle

Question 35

name three of the oldest types of boats?

Answer 35

a raft a canoe a reed boat

Question 36

what were rafts and canoes made from?

Answer 36

wood

Question 37

how were rafts and canoes different?

Answer 37

a raft was made of poles or planks and flat a canoe was made from a hollowed out log

Question 38

what were reeds made from (and don't reeds)?

Answer 38

different types of grasses

Question 39

name 6 of the first sailing ships

Answer 39

Egyptian sailing ship Clipper Tall ship Chinese Junk Arab Dhow Caravel

Question 40

what shape of sails did the Arab Dhow and the Caravel have?

Answer 40

traingular

Question 41

what shape were the sails of Egyptian sailing ships, Tall Ships and Chinese Junks have?

Answer 41

Square

Question 42

what was special about the Clipper?

Answer 42

It was very fast so it "clipped" through the waves. It had 3 of more masts

Question 43

how many sails did the Egyptian sailing ship have and how did it steer?

Answer 43

only one big sail used a long oar to attached to the back of the boat to steer

Question 44

which of the first sail boats was very small?

Answer 44

caravels and arab dhow

Question 45

what does environmental mean?

Answer 45

to do with the land around us

Question 46

what is air pollution?

Answer 46

making the air dirty

Question 47

what are exhaust fumes?

Answer 47

smoke that comes out of cars

Question 48

what are cities?

Answer 48

settlement that are bigger than towns

Question 49

what is one of the oldest form land transport that is still used today?

Answer 49

horse and cart

Question 50

is modern day transport faster or slower than transport used long ago?

Answer 50

faster

Question 51

what do most forms of modern day transport need?

Answer 51

good roads of tar to drive on

Question 52

who invented the first biplane?

Answer 52

the Wright brothers named Orville Wilbur

Question 53

when was the first powered biplane invented?

Answer 53

in 1903 for 12 seconds

Question 54

what did the Wright brothers invent before their plane?

Answer 54

biplane gliders

Question 55

What type of ships replaced sailing shipts for transport on water?

Answer 55

Steam ships

Question 56

what was the most famous passenger steamship called?

Answer 56

The Titanic

Question 57

how many people could the titanic carry

Answer 57

2000

Question 58

why did the titanic hit an iceberg so hard?

Answer 58

because the weather was clear and the sea was calm, they were sailing at full steam which was very fast

Question 59

what happened to the people on board the titanic?

Answer 59

most drowned in the freezing cold water. Some survived and rowed to safety on life board

Question 60

what is modern-day a cargo ship?

Answer 60

a vessel that transports of goods from one port to another all around the world

Question 61

what is a container ship?

Answer 61

a ship that carries cargo packed in large containers

Question 62

what are container ships and cargo ships made from?

Answer 62

built of steel and have lots of equipment on board

Question 63

how are goods loaded on and off argo ships?

Answer 63

with HUGE cranes