Major Events In Transportation - Reading A Timeline History Worksheet With Answer Key
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2Reading a Timeline
Name:
Use the timeline to answer the questions.
A n s w e r s
Major Events in Transportation
B
1.
First steam powered railroad
Wright Brothers invent
1790
First cable car invented
2.
Steamboat is invented
locomotive
and fly first airplane
1871
1787
1903
1814
4
3.
1780
1800
1820
1840
1860
1880
1900
1920
1787
4.
140
5.
Montgolfier brothers
First gasoline automobile
First dirigible - The Zeppelin
Modern bicycles invented
invent hot air balloons
1862
1899
1790
1783
1871
6.
1873
7.
1) Which happened earlier? A. First cable car invented or B. First gasoline automobile invented
B
No
2) What year were modern bicycles invented?
1790
8.
3) How many years after the first dirigible was created was the first airplane invented
4
Use Line
9.
4) What year was the steamboat invented?
1787
Use Line
10.
5) What is the span (number of years shown) of this timeline?
140
6) What year was the cable car invented?
1871
7) What year were hot air balloons invented?
1873
8) The first modern helicopter was invented in 1940. Could you put that event on the timeline above? ( Yes / No )
9) What is this timeline about?
Major Events in Transportation
10) What event happened in 1903?
Wright brothers invent and fly first airplane.
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