Quiz on Industrial Revolution Inventors

#1 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)

1883 1883 Like fifty years later, they finally came out with a steam engine with a condensing chamber, making it more efficient. Also a pretty big deal. More efficient thread spinning

#2 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

cars go vroom

Joseph Monier (1849) John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885) James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny

#3 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Robert Fulton (1807)'s Clermont Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago) Eiffel Tower (1889)

#4 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering."

Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876) Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883) Henry Bessemir's steel converter (1854) Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent

#5 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent

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. 1883 For the World Exposition in Paris Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out.

#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

Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering."

True

False

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

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny

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

True

False

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

Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engine

From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

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)

cars go vroom

From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

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

Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering."

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny

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

Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engine

From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal

Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester

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