Quiz on Industrial Revolution Inventors

#1 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

1883

James Brindley (1761)'s Bridgewater Canal First transatlantic cable completed Cartwright's power loom (1787) First skyscraper (10 stories tall) (in Chicago)

#2 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

cars go vroom

William Murdock's cool thing he did (1792) Karl Benz's internal-combustion automobile engine (1885) Cathode rays discovered Jethro Tull (1708)'s mechanical seed drill

#3 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

From Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Gugliemo Marconi (1901) transatlantic radio message Samuel F. B. Morse's telegraph and Morse Code (1837) Thomas Newcomen (1712)'s steam engine Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)

#4 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Brooklyn Bridge opened (1883)

Revolutionized the production of steel Made generators and electrical engines possible Automated thread spinning Large suspension bridge, "triumph of engineering."

#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 James Watt's efficient steam engine (1765) Gugliemo Marconi (1896)'s wireless telegraph patent Samuel F. B. Morse's telegraph and Morse Code (1837)

#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

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

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

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

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

Helped plant crops

John Kay (1733)'s flying shuttle

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

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

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.

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