Quiz on Industrial Revolution Inventors

#1 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

1883

Eli Whitney (1793)'s cotton gin Cartwright's power loom (1787) First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago) James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny

#2 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885)

Helped plant crops 1883 This separated the useful raw cotton from its seeds, making the cotton industry much more profitable. It had mixed effects — remember how a lot of cotton was farmed using slave labor. cars go vroom

#3 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message

Revolutionized the production of steel According to wikipedia: From Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The first successful steamboat. Like the locomotive, made trade so, so much better. For example, now the US could leverage its advantage in having the Mississippi river.

#4 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering."

Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engine Michael Faraday (1831)'s discovery of electromagnetic currents Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883) Thomas Edison (1879)

#5 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out.

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny Eli Whitney (1793)'s cotton gin Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent Richard Arkwright's water frame (1769)

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

Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill

First ancestor of the computer

True

False

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

John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle

Allowed for more sewing, including at-home

True

False

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

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny

Helped plant crops

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

First occurred in 1850. Gasoline is an important fuel source.

True

False

Section 1: Multiple Choice questions

1883

Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885)

Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message

Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering."

Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out.

Section 2: True/false questions

Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill

First ancestor of the computer

John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle

Allowed for more sewing, including at-home

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny

Helped plant crops

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

First occurred in 1850. Gasoline is an important fuel source.

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