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Section 1: Multiple Choice questions


#1 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)



#2 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

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



#3 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message



#4 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering."



#5 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

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



Section 2: True/false questions


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

Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill

Reinforced Concrete







#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.







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

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny

Automated thread spinning







#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.







#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









Triple-checked your answers?