Quiz on Industrial Revolution Inventors

#1 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)

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. This is a record player. Useful for music, instructions, etc., 1883 Automated thread spinning

#2 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

cars go vroom

Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engine Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885) William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792) Eiffel Tower (1889)

#3 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message

More efficient thread spinning According to wikipedia: Allowed for more sewing, including at-home From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

#4 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)

Allowed for more sewing, including at-home cars go vroom Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering." Began the first regular commercial rail service

#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 Thomas Alva Edison's phonograph (1877) Eli Whitney (1793)'s cotton gin Robert Fulton (1807)'s Clermont

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

Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill

1858

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

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.

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

Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message

Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)

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

1858

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

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.

James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal

Allowed for barges to carry coal from Worsely to Manchester

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