Why does most of the world travel on the right side today? Theories differ, but there's no doubt that Napoleon was a major influence. The French had used the right since at least the late 18th century. Some say that before the French Revolution, noblemen drove their carriages on the left, forcing the peasants to the right. Regardless of the origin, Napoleon brought right-hand traffic to the nations he conquered, including Russia, Switzerland and Germany. Hitler, in turn, ordered right-hand traffic in Czechoslovakia and Austria in the 1930s. Nations that escaped right-hand control, like Great Britain, followed their left-hand tradition. 

The U.S. has not always been a nation of right-hand rivers; earlier in its history, carriage and horse traffic traveled on the left, as it did in England. But by the late 1700s, people driving large wagons pulled by several pairs of horses began promoting a shift to the right. A driver would sit on the rear left horse in order to wave his whip with his right hand; to see opposite traffic clearly, they traveled on the right. 

One of the final moves to firmly standardize traffic directions in the U.S. occurred in the 20th century, when Henry Ford decided to mass-produce his cars with controls on the left (one reason, stated in 1908; the convenience for passengers exiting directly onto the edge, especially... if there is a lady to be considered). Once these rules were set, many countries eventually adjusted to the right-hand standard, including Canada in the 1920s, Sweden in 1967 and Burma in 1970. The U.K. and former colonies such as Australia and India are among the western world's few remaining holdouts. Several Asian countries, including Japan, use the left as well -- thought many places use both right-hand-drive and left-hand-drive cars.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who was a major influence on the theory on world travel?
2. Who used this theory early on?
3. Since when?
4. Why do some say the noblemen drove their carriage on the left?
5. Where did Napoleon bring right-handed traffic?
6. Including where?
7. Who ordered this in Austria?
8. Where else?
9. What year?
10. Who followed left-hand tradition?
11. Did the US always adopt right-handed?
12. What was the tradition in early history?
13. When did it switch to the right?
14. Why?
15. When did the final move standardize traffic directions in the US
16. who help decide this?
17. How?
18. Who else converted to these standards?
19. When?
20. Who else?
21. When?

Numbered answers:
1. Napoleon.
2. The French
3. at least the late 18th century.
4. forcing the peasants to the right
5. to the nations he conquered
6. including Russia, Switzerland and Germany.
7. . Hitler
8. Czechoslovakia
9. 1930s
10. Great Britain
11. No
12. carriage and horse traffic traveled on the left
13. by the late 1700s
14. to see traffic clearly
15. in the 20th century,
16. Henry Ford
17. to mass-produce his cars with controls on the left
18. Canada
19. Canada in the 1920s,
20. Sweden
21. Sweden in 1967