Quiz on Industrial Revolution Inventors

#1 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)

1883 Allowed for more sewing, including at-home From Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Early form of photography

#2 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

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

Automated thread spinning More efficient thread spinning cars go vroom Reinforced Concrete

#3 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message

Helped plant crops Made communicating across long distances much easier, but such conversations still had to be done in public, etc., More efficient thread spinning From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

#4 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)

This would allow for long-distance communication Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out. Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering." Revolutionized the production of steel

#5 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent

According to wikipedia: Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out. Helped plant crops Under the Thames

#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

Under the Thames

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

Began the first regular commercial rail service

True

False

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

James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal

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

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

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

Under the Thames

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny

Automated thread spinning

Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engine

Began the first regular commercial rail service

James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal

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.

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