Quiz on Industrial Revolution Inventors

#1 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)

cars go vroom This would allow for long-distance communication 1883 Made generators and electrical engines possible

#2 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

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

cars go vroom Early form of photography 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. This would allow for long-distance communication

#3 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message

Made generators and electrical engines possible This would allow for long-distance communication From Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out.

#4 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering."

Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883) Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engine Charles Babbage (1834)'s analytic engine Daguerre's daguerrotype (1838)

#5 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

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

Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885) Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830) Eiffel Tower (1889)

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

Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill

Reinforced Concrete

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

Automated thread spinning

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

First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)

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

Reinforced Concrete

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

Automated thread spinning

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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