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1. BY SUJITH
BHASKAR R

2.  Life in communities has changed over the
years.
 One of those changes is in transportation.
 Transportation is a way of moving people or
things from one place to another.

3. Land
 Covered
Wagon
 Train
 Subway
 Bicycle
 Motorcycle
 Car
 Bus
Water
 Canoe
 Steamboat
 Ferry
 Passenger
Ship
 Submarine
Air
• Hot Air
Balloon
• Plane
• Helicopter
• Rocket
• Space
Shuttle

4.  1725
 Wagons pulled by horses.
 Used by settlers to move across the
prairie and develop new communities.
 Used by farmers to carry heavy loads long
distances before there were railroads.

5.  1815
 Transports people and goods over long
distances on a track.
 Joined communities with each other.

6.  1863: London
 1904: New York City
 An electric
underground railroad
 Mostly in crowded
cities
 Moves many people
from city to city or
to different areas
of a city

7.  1885
 Designed like the bicycle, with an engine
 Gas powered
 Allows people to travel faster and longer distances than a bicycle.

8.  1886: Karl Benz – Germany
 1903: Henry Ford – U.S. – Ford Motor Company
 Made travel easier and more accessible;
suburbs developed.

9.  1894
 Carries many passengers usually along a
route according to a schedule.

10.  Developed thousands of years ago by North
American Indians.
 1750: first canoe factory (Quebec, Canada)
 For traveling streams, rivers and lakes and
between islands.
 Carries small amount of passengers and cargo

11. The invention of the steam engine changed
water transportation. People no longer had to
depend on rowers or the wind to move ships.
 1787
 John Fitch: first successful voyage of a
steamboat on the Delaware River.
 Major transport of passengers and freight on rivers.

12.  Boat used to carry people, vehicles, and freight
across narrow bodies of water.
 1811: First ferry service in the United States was
between 2 cities: Hoboken, New Jersey and
Manhattan, New York.
 Bridges and tunnels have replaced many ferries.

13.  1818
 Ship companies began making ships to transport
passengers comfortably.
 Carries many passengers across oceans, slowly.
 Hotel-like rooms and food, entertainment.
 Used for vacations, recreation.

14.  1898
 A ship that can travel underwater.
 Used in war to attack enemy ships or to
fire missiles at enemy countries.

15.  1783
 A balloon filled with heated air or a
light gas so that it rises and floats in
the air. It rises because the heated air
or gas inside is lighter than the
surrounding air.
 A basket attached under the balloon
carries a pilot and passengers.
 Piloted balloons are used for scientific
research or for recreation.

16.  1903: The Wright Brothers “Kitty Hawk”
 Fastest way to transport people and freight
over long distances.
 Also used in war and firefighting.

17.  1940
 Lifted into air by propellers.
 Can take off and land in a small
space.
 Can fly safely at much slower
speeds and lower altitudes than
airplanes. However, they cannot
fly as fast as most planes.
 Used in war and for medical
rescue, police, traffic

18.  1969: Apollo 11
 Carried 3 astronauts
 First to reach the moon
 Space exploration

19.  1981
 Reusable space vehicle: flies into space
and returns to Earth
 Transports astronauts and satellites
 Space exploration, science experiments