Quiz on Industrial Revolution Inventors

#1 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

1883

First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago) Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885) Eli Whitney (1793)'s cotton gin Gasoline refinement

#2 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

cars go vroom

Samuel F. B. Morse's telegraph and Morse Code (1837) James Watt's efficient steam engine (1765) James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885)

#3 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message

Tremendously helped with making weaving easier, used in the putting-out industry at first. From Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Early form of photography From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

#4 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)

Automated thread spinning Early form of photography cars go vroom Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering."

#5 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent

Like fifty years later, they finally came out with a steam engine with a condensing chamber, making it more efficient. Also a pretty big deal. Useful for, like, ship distress calls. Say, for example, the one the Titanic sent out. More efficient thread spinning Tremendously helped with making weaving easier, used in the putting-out industry at first.

#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

Revolutionized the production of steel

True

False

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

Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engine

First ancestor of the computer

True

False

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

James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal

Reinforced Concrete

True

False

Section 1: Multiple Choice questions

1883

cars go vroom

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

Tremendously helped with making weaving easier, used in the putting-out industry at first.

James Hargreaves (1765)'s spinning jenny

Revolutionized the production of steel

Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engine

First ancestor of the computer

James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal

Reinforced Concrete

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