Quiz on Industrial Revolution Inventors

#1 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

1883

James Watt's efficient steam engine (1765) Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830) James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)

#2 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

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

For the World Exposition in Paris This would allow for long-distance communication According to wikipedia: cars go vroom

#3 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message

Revolutionized the production of steel From Cape Cod, Massachusetts. First high explosive that could be safely handled. Useful for mining and clearing areas for infrastructure. This is a record player. Useful for music, instructions, etc.,

#4 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering."

Gasoline refinement Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883) Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent Alfred Nobel's dynamite (1867)

#5 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent

From Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out. Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering." 1858

#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

Made communicating across long distances much easier, but such conversations still had to be done in public, etc.,

True

False

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

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny

First high explosive that could be safely handled. Useful for mining and clearing areas for infrastructure.

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

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

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

Made communicating across long distances much easier, but such conversations still had to be done in public, etc.,

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny

First high explosive that could be safely handled. Useful for mining and clearing areas for infrastructure.

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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