ShipBuilding

Shipbuilding is ...

• the construction of ships

• the building of ships

• the assemble of ships

• the developing of ships

Shipwrights are ...

• the swimmer

• the sailors

• the shipbuilders

• the drivers

The stem-mounted rudder was first developed in ...

• North Korea

• South Korea

• Egypt

• China

The world’s largest shipbuilding nation now is ...

• North Korea

• South Korea

• Egypt

• China

The oldest BC ships were typically about ... in length.

• twenty-five metres

• ninety foots

• eighty foots

• thirty-five metres

The oldest ships were built of iron planks.

• True

• False

The early Egyptians had already known how to build a ship hull.

• True

• False

In the 1st millennium BC the Egyptians built large rectangular barges.

• True

• False

Viking long ships had clinker-built hulls

fastened with leather thongs.

• True

• False

The modem global shipbuilding industry is currently dominated by North Korea.

• True

• False