Geography Assessment by Eissa Ahmad

4000 BC

eahma93599 — 2024-04-30 09:11:32 UTC

In 4000 BC, horses were domesticated and used as transport. People have used some chains, safety gear and stuff on the horse and attached it to the cart in order to move.

2000 BC

eahma93599 — 2024-04-30 09:12:59 UTC

In 2000 BC, the Sedan Chair was made as another way to travel. It is an enclosed chair for one person carried on two poles, on in front and one behind. bThey were used in the 17th and the 18th century.

700 AD

eahma93599 — 2024-04-30 09:13:49 UTC

In 700 AD, The Viking Longboat was made by the Vikings so that they could travel. After it was built, the Vikings used it on the sea and the average longboat could hold up to 30 people.

1450

eahma93599 — 2024-04-30 09:14:44 UTC

In 1450, sailing ships were made and they started to use it in Europe. To move them, people used oars on both sides. If they were used on the left, it would go right and if they were used on the right, it would go left. If the oars were used on both sides, the boat would go straight.

1783

eahma93599 — 2024-04-30 09:15:53 UTC

In 1783, the hot air balloon was invented and made by the Montgolfier brothers. They work because hot air rises and by heating the air inside of the balloon with the burner, it becomes lighter than the cooler air on the outside of the hot air balloon. And because of that, it causes the hot air balloon to float upwards as if it were to be inside of the water.

1825

eahma93599 — 2024-04-30 09:19:46 UTC

In 1825, the first public steam railway was made with the train. When the steam railway train is heated, water turns into an invisible vapor that is called steam. The volume of the water expands as the water turns into steam inside the boiler, creating a high pressure. The steam expansion pushes the pistons that connect the driving wheels that operates the steam railway train. The train can only move on its tracks, not any direction you want.

1829

eahma93599 — 2024-04-30 09:21:19 UTC

In 1829, the first ever rocket was made and it was called the George Stephenson's Rocket. It uses a multi-tubular boiler design. The George Stephenson's Rocket had 25 copper fire-tubes that carry the hot exhaust gas from the firebox through the rocket's wet boiler to the blast pipe and chimney.

1885

eahma93599 — 2024-04-30 09:23:07 UTC

In 1885, the first bicycle with 2 equal wheels was made. You would use your feet to move the pedals to go forward or reverse.

1829

eahma93599 — 2024-04-30 09:25:10 UTC

In 1829, horse-drawn omnibuses were made and used in London. They can also be called horse-buses. It was a large, enclosed, and sprung horse-drawn vehicle used for transporting passengers. It was mainly used in the late 19th century in both the USA and Europe and it the horse-drawn omnibus was one of the most common means of transportation in cities.

1871

eahma93599 — 2024-04-30 09:27:17 UTC

In 1871, the Penny Farthing was made. You would sit on the seat on the big wheel and use the pedals with steering.

1885

eahma93599 — 2024-04-30 09:28:58 UTC

In 1885, the first ever cars, motorwagons were invented in Germany. A steam car burned fuel that heated water in a boiler. The process of the first car made steam that expanded and pushed pistons, which turned a crankshaft. Also, this car was made by Mercedes-Benz.

1890

eahma93599 — 2024-04-30 09:30:26 UTC

In 1890, the first electric London Underground was operated. The London Underground is useful to reduce traffic congestion and prevent accidents.

1903

eahma93599 — 2024-04-30 09:31:42 UTC

In 1903, the aeroplane was invented by the Wright Brothers and it is called the 1903 Wright Flyer. It first flew at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17th, 1903 with Orville at the controls.

1940

eahma93599 — 2024-04-30 09:35:21 UTC

In 1940, the helicopter was invented as another way of air transport and the name of the first helicopter was called the Sikorsky R-4. It has 2 seats and it was designed by Igor Sikorsky. In British service, it was known as the Hoverfly and it has a single, three bladed main rotor.

1950s

eahma93599 — 2024-04-30 09:36:43 UTC

In the 1950s, modern buses that are used today were invented. The modern buses could hold more passengers, it had an automatic door controlled by the driver that could either be a semi-swing or bi-fold door for passengers and some of them have stairs which mears the buses with stairs are double decker buses.

1952

eahma93599 — 2024-04-30 09:38:21 UTC

In 1952, the first commercial jet fiew from London, UK to Johannesburg, South Africa. It was roughly the size of a small Boeing 737, it could hold 36 to 44 passengers and the early Comet was a four-engine aircraft.

1961

eahma93599 — 2024-04-30 09:39:15 UTC

On the 12th of April 1961, the first ever space flight was done by Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet citizen. The way of space explorationfor the benefit of all humanity was opened because of this historic event.

1969

eahma93599 — 2024-04-30 09:40:41 UTC

In 1969, the first ever Concorde flight was done. The Concorde is a supersonic passenger carrying commercial airplane and only 14 Concorde aircrafts went into service before it was retired in 2003.

1990s

eahma93599 — 2024-04-30 09:42:00 UTC

In the 1990s, modern cars were made and they are getting better overtime. There were different types of these cars such as sedans, sports cars and SUVs. The amount of seats an SUV could hold is 5 minimum and 8 maximum and a sedan typically has 5 seats, 2 in the front and 3 in the back.

2017

eahma93599 — 2024-04-30 09:43:06 UTC

In 2017, the first driverless car was done on a public road. A driverless car is 100% electric so it does not use any gas and it combines sensors and software to detect dangerous objects in the road and it can go with no people inside at all.

2014

eahma93599 — 2024-04-30 09:45:36 UTC

In September 2014, the car brand called Tesla, introduced Autopilot in their cars released after September 2014 such as the Model S,or the model 3, but a driver was required.

2022

eahma93599 — 2024-05-06 08:23:03 UTC

In 2022, Kia made a variant of the Carnival minivan which has up to 11 seats and 4 rows and it could be a better option than a regular SUV because you could fit extra people and not have to squish everyone in one row.

2003

eahma93599 — 2024-05-06 08:31:27 UTC

In 2003, the first modern ground lever power supply, Bordeaux tramway was invented. It consists of three lines serving Bordeaux in Aquitaine in southwestern France.

1970

eahma93599 — 2024-05-06 08:35:44 UTC

In 1970, the first jumbo jet was made and it was called the Boeing 747. It has 4 engines and 400 seats which means people could travel more easily and not have to use like 9x 40 seat planes.