Quiz on Industrial Revolution Inventors

#1 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

1883

Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent Gasoline refinement First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago) Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)

#2 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

cars go vroom

Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885) Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830) Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854) Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876)

#3 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message

Invented the incandescent lamp. Though he was, in general, prone to rude tendencies. Mass slaughter is now possible, begins mechanization of warfare. Unfortunately, as some predicted, his machine gun did not prevent war — people still fought, despite these monsters being on the battlefield. From Cape Cod, Massachusetts. 1858

#4 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering."

Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883) Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny Richard Arkwright's water frame (1769)

#5 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent

Under the Thames Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out. Made communicating across long distances much easier, but such conversations still had to be done in public, etc., First commercially successful (though kind of clumsy) steam engine, used to pump water out of coal mines. Big deal, since we've just unlocked a new power source.

#6 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill

Helped plant crops

True

False

#7 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle

Tremendously helped with making weaving easier, used in the putting-out industry at first.

True

False

#8 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny

1858

True

False

#9 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engine

First commercially successful (though kind of clumsy) steam engine, used to pump water out of coal mines. Big deal, since we've just unlocked a new power source.

True

False

#10 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal

Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester

True

False

Section 1: Multiple Choice questions

1883

cars go vroom

Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message

Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering."

Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent

Section 2: True/false questions

Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill

Helped plant crops

John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle

Tremendously helped with making weaving easier, used in the putting-out industry at first.

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny

1858

Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engine

First commercially successful (though kind of clumsy) steam engine, used to pump water out of coal mines. Big deal, since we've just unlocked a new power source.

James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal

Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester

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