Drivers Permit

Front 1

Who has to pass in order to get a drivers license?

Back 1

Any individual under the age of 18 must pass an approved driver education course to obtain a driver license.

Front 2

Where did the great maure crisis of 1894 happen?

Back 2

London

Front 3

In the 20th century inventor amedee bolle invented what?

Back 3

He invented a self propelled steam powered road vehicle. (steam powered engine)

Front 4

German engineers Karl benz(1885) and Gottlieb Daimler(1886) created what?

Back 4

a gasoline fueled internal combustion engine

Front 5

Henry Ford believed that cars should be made in expensiveley so every one could have a car. He created the model T. How was this possible to do inexpensiveley?

Back 5

The Model T was created inexpensively due to assembly line procedures.

Front 6

Ford motors dominated the car industry until the late 1920's. There were not many options since cars were being made in mass productions. Who was fords main competitor?

Back 6

General motors

Front 7

What were the 2 advantages General Motors had over Ford?

Back 7

1.Consumers could now buy cars based off their credit. (kind of invented a car loan)

2. Created more options of vehicles specific for different demographics.

Front 8

True or False?

General Motors became the world's largest automobile manufacturer partly due to them offering consumers the option to buy vehicles on credit.

Back 8

True

Front 9

Cause: American car manufactucuares conquered the industury until the late 1970's.

Back 9

Effect: then cars were imported from japan, and germany causing more intense competition.

Front 10

Name two japanese car companies.

Back 10

honda, toyota

Front 11

Name two german car compainies.

Back 11

BMW, volkswagon

Front 12

When were seat belts invented?

Back 12

february 10th, 1885

Front 13

who invented/patented the first seatbelt?

Back 13

Edward. J Claghorn

Front 14

When did manufactuars begin to offer seatbelts as an option?

Back 14

1950s

Front 15

What did Saab( sweedish manufactuar) begin to offer? When?

Back 15

The Manufactuar began to offer seatbelts standard( in every single car) in 1958

Front 16

When were car radios invented? By whom?

Back 16

1930, By the galvin brothers ( Paul V Galvin and Joseph E Galvin)

Front 17

How much did the Galvin brothers sell their radio for? What did they call it?

Back 17

They sold it for between 110$-130$, they called it motorola

Front 18

What happened when the brothers attempted to get a loan?

Back 18

they gave their banker a radio to put in his packard, because they wanted his approval. Unfortuanatley the installion was nit succesful and set the car on fire! they didnt end up getting the loan.

Front 19

When was the first airbag put into cars? What company?

Back 19

in 1981 the mercedes- benz S class was the first cars to have drivers side air bags.

Front 20

when did air bags come standard in chrysler cars?

Back 20

in 1988

Front 21

What was the law about airbags? who created this law?

Back 21

In 1991 President H.W bush mandates that all cars must have airbags by 1998 and all trucks by 1999.

Front 22

Who was the first person to patent a design for windsheild wipers? When?

Back 22

In 1903 Mary anderson recieved a patent for windsheild wipers that could be operated from a handle inside of the car.

Front 23

What are the purpose of windsheild wipers?

Back 23

To allow drivers to wipe snow off their windsheids without having to stand outside of their car.

Front 24

Who invented and patented the windsheild wiper design used today? When?

Back 24

Robert william kearns in 1964.

Front 25

Who tried to steal Robert William Kearns ideas?

Back 25

Ford and Chrysler tried to steal the idea and later lost to Robert in patent infringement cases.

Front 26

in the pre 19th century time what vehicles were manually controlled? How were cars steered during this time?

Back 26

in the pre 19th century boats were the only vehicles to be manually controlled. Early cars were navigated with the use of a tiller.

Front 27

When did the steering wheel begin to become popular and expand to the u.s?

Back 27

1894

Front 28

true or false

when the model T was made in 1908 steering wheels were commonplace in the united states.

Back 28

true

Front 29

When was the first power steering invented? By whom?

Back 29

In the 1920s power steering was created by Francis W Davis.

Front 30

In 1956 what fraction of cars had power steering?

Back 30

in 1956 1/4 of the cars in he united states had power steering.

Front 31

in the 1880s what were early headlamps made out of?

Back 31

acetylene and oil (similar to old gas head lamps)

Front 32

What was the price of headlamps? Were they resitant to weather?

Back 32

they were resistant to weather but were expensive due to the high cost of oil and acetylene.

Front 33

when was the first modern electric headlamp system created? By which company?

Back 33

In 1912 caddilic rolled out a modern electric headlamp system.

Front 34

When was the first halogen headlamp produced? Where? how long did it take until it came to the U.S?

Back 34

The first halogen headlamp was produced in europe in 1962. It took 16 years for halogen headlamps to become mandatory in the united states.

Front 35

Who invented the first anti lock braking system developed for aircraft use? When?

Back 35

In 1929 aircraft pioneer Gabriel Voisin developed anti lock braking systems (ABS)

Front 36

When and where did anti skid brake system become widespread?

Back 36

In the 1950's anti skid brake system use became widespread in aviation in the UK.

Front 37

What car company invented a computerized, three channel four sensor all wheel ABS called sure brake? When?

Back 37

Chrysler invented the system in 1971 for their model callled the imperial.

Front 38

True or false People can commute from outside the city to the country or vice versa?

Back 38

True: People can now commute to work from outside the city due to the automobile. This also led to the creation of suburbs.

Front 39

What are suburbs? How did cars help with giving people an oppurtunity to live wherever they want to?

Back 39

Communties just outside cities. Cars made it possible to live in the suburbs but to commute to other places far away.

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cause:

Due to increased mobility young adults were more likely to leave home to look for employment and education opportunities.

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effect:

they're were decreased amounts of extended family and multi generational households.

Front 41

cause: when the automobile industury boomed, lots of jobs were provided for a significant amount of people.

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effect: this led to the new technologies and industries to support the industury

Front 42

what are some of the negative impacts from the automobile industry?

Back 42

Pollution, Smog ( air pollutant)

injuries, property damage from car crashes since cars were not equipped with modern safety features back then.

Front 43

the cost of oil and fuel skyrocketed in the 21st century. Name the three main reasons.

Back 43

1. Increased demand from developing countries (china, india)

2. Regional Conflicts involving oil producing countries (middle east)

3. Vehicles with poor gas milage rates like trucks and SUVS became increasingly popular

Front 44

In an attempt to reduce fossil fuels what types of cars were made?

Back 44

electric cars with rechargable storage batteries, hybrid vehicles,(use two or more distinct power sources) and vehicles powered by natural gas were produced. These types of cars have limitations on how far they can travel, but they are being slowly improved every day.