Quiz on Industrial Revolution Inventors

#1 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)

Automated thread spinning Mass slaughter is now possible, begins mechanization of warfare. Unfortunately, as some predicted, his machine gun did not prevent war — people still fought, despite these monsters being on the battlefield. Crompton's "mule" + Spinning jenny and water frame fully automated weaving process. Yeah. 1883

#2 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

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First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago) Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883) Thomas Edison (1879) Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885)

#3 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message First transatlantic cable completed Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny

#4 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering."

Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent Cartwright's power loom (1787) Gasoline refinement Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)

#5 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

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

Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent Samuel F. B. Morse's telegraph and Morse Code (1837) Richard Arkwright's water frame (1769)

#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

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

1858

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

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True

False

Section 1: Multiple Choice questions

First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)

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From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

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

Helped plant crops

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

1858

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

cars go vroom

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