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Year 2 History · How technology has changed daily life

Name: ______________________

Date: ____________

1. Which is the oldest form of transport?
- ☐ (a) Walking
- ☐ (b) Train
- ☐ (c) Car
- ☐ (d) Aeroplane
2. Which is a modern way to communicate?
- ☐ (a) Smoke from a fire
- ☐ (b) A letter carried by sailing ship
- ☐ (c) A video call
- ☐ (d) A telegraph
3. In 1872 the Overland Telegraph Line connected Adelaide to which city?
- ☐ (a) Perth
- ☐ (b) Hobart
- ☐ (c) Brisbane
- ☐ (d) Darwin
4. How did faster transport change people's lives?
- ☐ (a) People could travel further more easily
- ☐ (b) People stopped travelling
- ☐ (c) Everyone had to walk
- ☐ (d) It made letters slower
5. Which pulled heavy carts in early colonial Australia?
- ☐ (a) Electric motors
- ☐ (b) Bullocks
- ☐ (c) Jet engines
- ☐ (d) Drones
6. Ways of moving people or goods are called ____.
7. Something new that someone has made or designed is an ____.
8. In what year was the Overland Telegraph Line completed?

Answer sheet

1. Walking — People have always walked; the others are inventions.
2. A video call — Video calls use the internet, which is modern technology.
3. Darwin — The Overland Telegraph ran from Adelaide to Darwin.
4. People could travel further more easily — Faster transport let people travel further for work and holidays.
5. Bullocks — Bullock teams pulled heavy loads in colonial times.
6. transport — Transport moves people and goods.
7. invention — An invention is something newly created.
8. 1872 — The Overland Telegraph Line was completed in 1872.