History of transport

High school (ages 12+)
Transportation

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/history-of-transport

1. What is the early wheeled vehicle?
2. What is the maritime technology?
3. What was the first big change that helped people move goods over long distances?
4. How did boats become able to travel far across the sea?

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the early wheeled vehicle?Carts and wagons, developed around the 4th millennium BCE
2. What is the maritime technology?Sails enabled long-distance sea voyages and exploration
3. What was the first big change that helped people move goods over long distances?The invention of the wheel around 4,000 BCE let people build carts and wagons, making it easier to carry more stuff far away.
4. How did boats become able to travel far across the sea?When people added sails, wind could push the boats, turning simple rafts into ships that could go long distances.

Bipedal Locomotion: The ability to walk or run on two feet, a defining characteristic of humans.
Paradigm Shift: A fundamental change in approach or underlying assumptions about how something is done.
Internal Combustion Engine: A heat engine where the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer in a combustion chamber that is an integral part of the working fluid flow circuit.
Containerization: A system of intermodal freight transport using standardized shipping containers.