Quiz on Industrial Revolution Inventors

#1 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)

Made generators and electrical engines possible Helped plant crops 1883 More efficient thread spinning

#2 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

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

Tremendously helped with making weaving easier, used in the putting-out industry at first. 1858 Under the Thames cars go vroom

#3 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Robert Fulton (1807)'s Clermont Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851) Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message

#4 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)

Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering." Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester Invented the incandescent lamp. Though he was, in general, prone to rude tendencies. Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out.

#5 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent

Helped plant crops Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out. From Cape Cod, Massachusetts. 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

More efficient thread spinning

True

False

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

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny

Invented the incandescent lamp. Though he was, in general, prone to rude tendencies.

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)

From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)

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

More efficient thread spinning

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny

Invented the incandescent lamp. Though he was, in general, prone to rude tendencies.

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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