Class Activity: Transport and trade
06 October 2020
1. Why do people in urban areas need to use transport more than people in rural
areas?
2. Suggest ways transport has made it easier for people to trade.
3. Explain how trade and transport make it possible for people in Europe to eat fruit
grown in South Africa or meat from New Zealand throughout the year.
4. Name one type of specialized transport used on sea and one used on land.
5. Name the goods or commodities that each of these modes of transport is
specialized to transport.
6. Explain why the following modes of transport are unlikely to be used to transport
the goods.
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a train to transport flowers
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an aeroplane to transport 300 tonnes of coal
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a refrigerator truck to transport live chickens