Deck 6: Historical Figures and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

Question 1

Battle of Waterloo ,18 June ……………..

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

Answer 1

1815

Question 2

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

Answer 2

napoleon bonaparte

Question 3

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

A)matternich
B)elizabeth
C)charles i
D)napoleon bonaparte

Answer 3

napoleon bonaparte

Question 4

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

A)napoleon bonaparte
B)charles telford
C)victoria
D)george ii

Question 5

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

A)britain
B)germany
C)poland
D)malesia

Question 6

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

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

Question 7

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

A)metternich
B)charles telford
C)alexandro volta
D)michael faraday

Question 8

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 9

Who introduced the continental system?

A)napoleon bonaparte
B)robert fulton
C)alexandro volta
D)michael faraday

Question 10

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

A)james hargreaves
B)john macadam
C)charles telford
D)john smeaton

Question 11

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 12

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 13

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

A)john kay
B)john macadam
C)charles telford
D)john smeaton

Question 14

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

A)dr. edmund cartwright
B)john smeaton
C)robert fulton
D)james watt

Question 15

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

A)eli whitney
B)john macadam
C)charles telford
D)thomas newcomen

Question 16

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

A)sir humphry davy
B)john smeaton
C)thomas newcomen
D)james watt

Question 17

In 1801, ………………invented the first steam locomotive.

A)richard trevithick
B)charles telford
C)thomas newcomen
D)james watt

Question 18

In 1807, …………..invented the steamboat called the 'Clermont'.

A)robert fulton
B)james watt
C)alexandro volta
D)robert bakewell

Question 19

…………..invented the first steam engine in 1705, in order to pump water out of the mines.

A)thomas newcomen
B)michael faraday
C)jethro tull
D)viscount townsend

Question 20

In 1769, ………….invented a better steam engine called the 'Beelzebub.'

A)james watt
B)alexandro volta
C)michael faraday
D)robert bakewell

Question 21

The discovery of a new method of 'Crop Rotation', was made by……………….

A)viscount townsend
B)robert bakewell
C)adam smith
D)benjamin disraeli

Question 22

In……………., Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels issued the 'Communist Manifesto' which introduced scientific socialism or Communism.

A)1648
B)1748
C)1848
D)1948

Question 23

……………means "leave to do, leave to pass" or more accurately "let things alone, let them pass".

A)socialism
B)communism
C)laissez-faire
D)chartism

Question 24

The "People's Charter" of 1838 was a public petition aimed at redressing omissions from the electoral ……………………..

A)representation of the people act, 1918
B)representation of the people act, 1928
C)reform act of 1832
D)reform act of 1884