Deck 7: Historical Events and Figures From the Napoleonic ERA and Industrial Revolution

Question 1

Year of the Battle of Trafalgar.

A)1776
B)1785
C)1788
D)1805

Answer 1

1805

Question 2

"The battle of Austerlitz is the finest of all I have fought." Who said?

A)CharlesI
B)Henry VII
C)Alfred
D)Napoleon Bonaparte

Answer 2

Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 3

Who defeated Prussia at the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt ?

A)Napoleon Bonaparte
B)Robert Fulton
C)Michael Faraday
D)James II

Answer 3

Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 4

In the Treaty of Fontainebleau, the victors exiled ……………..to Elba, an island of 12,000 inhabitants in the Mediterranean, 20 km off the Tuscan coast.

A)Louis XII
B)Charles Telford
C)Henry VIII
D)Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 5

Napoleon escaped from Elba on 26 February …………..

A)1715
B)1789
C)1799
D)1815

Question 6

Battle of Waterloo ,18 June ……………..

A)1754
B)1764
C)1787
D)1815

Question 7

Who was imprisoned and then exiled to the island of Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean, 1,870 km from the west coast of Africa.

A)Napoleon Bonaparte
B)Alexandro Volta
C)Edward VI
D)William III

Question 8

…………..negotiated with Pope Pius VII. Finally, a Concordat was concluded in 1802.

A)Matternich
B)Elizabeth
C)Charles I
D)Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 9

Who said: "My true glory is not to have won 40 battles...Waterloo will erase the memory of so many victories. ... But...what will live forever is my Civil Code."

A)Napoleon Bonaparte
B)Robert Fulton
C)Edward VI
D)James II

Question 10

The Continental System or Continental Blockade was the foreign policy of …………….

A)Napoleon Bonaparte
B)Charles Telford
C)Victoria
D)George II

Question 11

………….., by Orders in Council (1807), prohibited its trade partners from trading with France.

A)Britain
B)Germany
C)Poland
D)Malaysia

Question 12

The members of the ………..take the famous 'Tennis Court Oath' and resolve to remain united until a constitution is established.

A)First Estate
B)Second Estate
C)third Estate
D)Fourth Estate

Question 13

The French Revolution of…………, also known as the July Revolution.

A)1730
B)1768
C)1807
D)1830

Question 14

The Congress of Vienna was headed by ………………..

A)Metternich
B)Charles Telford
C)Alexandro Volta
D)Michael Faraday

Question 15

The term 'Industrial Revolution' was first used by the historian…………, to describe the economic development in England, from 1760 to 1840.

A)Arnold Toynbee
B)Robert Fulton
C)Alexandro Volta
D)Adam Smith

Question 16

Who introduced the continental system?

A)Napoleon Bonaparte
B)Robert Fulton
C)Alexandro Volta
D)Michael Faraday

Question 17

In 1764, ……………..invented a machine called the 'Spinning Jenny.'

A)James Hargreaves
B)John MacAdam
C)Charles Telford
D)John Smeaton

Question 18

In 1769, ……………invented a machine run by waterpower instead of manpower. Hence it came to be called the 'Water-Frame'.

A)Richard Arkwright
B)John MacAdam
C)Robert Fulton
D)James Watt

Question 19

Samuel Crompton removed the defects of the Spinning Jenny and Water Frame, with his machine known as ……………..

A)Spinning Mule
B)John MacAdam
C)John Smeaton
D)Charles Telford

Question 20

……………..removed the defects of the Spinning Jenny and Water Frame, with his machine known as 'Spinning Mule'( 1778) .

A)Samuel Crompton
B)Charles Telford
C)James Watt
D)Alexandro Volta

Question 21

In 1733, ………….had invented a device called the 'Flying Shuttle'.

A)John Kay
B)John MacAdam
C)Charles Telford
D)John Smeaton

Question 22

In 1785, ……………..invented the Automatic or Power Loom.

A)Dr. Edmund Cartwright
B)John Smeaton
C)Robert Fulton
D)James Watt

Question 23

Who invented a machine called the 'Cotton Gin.'?

A)Eli Whitney
B)John MacAdam
C)Charles Telford
D)Thomas Newcomen

Question 24

In 1816, …………….invented a machine called Davy's Safety Lamp.'

A)Sir Humphry Davy
B)John Smeaton
C)Thomas Newcomen
D)James Watt