Quiz on Industrial Revolution Inventors

#1 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

1883

Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engine Gasoline refinement First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)

#2 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

cars go vroom

Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885) Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851) Joseph Monier (1849) First transatlantic cable completed

#3 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle Joseph Monier (1849) Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message Singer's first practical sewing machine (1851)

#4 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)

More efficient thread spinning Lit his home using coal gas. Also, he was James Watt's assistant. Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering." The first successful steamboat. Like the locomotive, made trade so, so much better. For example, now the US could leverage its advantage in having the Mississippi river.

#5 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

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

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent Alexander Graham Bell's telephone (1876) Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)

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

Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill

Early form of photography

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

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

1883

cars go vroom

From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

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

Early form of photography

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

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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