Deck 2: Inventors, Economists, and Historical Events That Shaped Society

Question 1

....................... invented the power loom in 1785.

A)edmund cartwright
B)robert owen
C)samuel f. b.
D)elias howe

Answer 1

edmund cartwright

Question 2

........................ patented the cotton gin (short for cotton engine) in 1794.

A)eli whitney
B)samuel f. b.
C)elias howe
D)jean lenoir

Answer 2

eli whitney

Question 3

............................Morse created the telegraph in 1836.

A)alexander graham bell
B)elias howe
C)jean lenoir
D)samuel f. b.

Answer 3

samuel f. b.

Question 4

........................ created the sewing machine in 1844.

A)elias howe
B)isaac singer
C)jean lenoir
D)thomas

Question 5

...................... invented the internal combustion engine in 1858.

A)jean lenoir
B)alexander graham bell
C)thomas edison
D)robert owen

Question 6

.............................. created the telephone in 1876.

A)henry hetherington
B)thomas edison
C)robert owen
D)alexander graham bell

Question 7

.......................... created the phonograph in 1877.

A)thomas edison
B)robert owen
C)henry hetherington
D)william lovett

Question 8

Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright created the first airplane in..............

A)1903
B)1905
C)1908
D)1923

Question 9

............................ wrote a book 'Capital: A Critique of Political Economy (1867).

A)karl marx
B)william pitt
C)robert owen
D)henry hetherington

Question 10

.......................... is often termed the 'father of British socialism'.

A)robert owen
B)henry hetherington
C)john cleave
D)james watson

Question 11

In 1836 Cornish cabinet-maker .................formed the London Working Men's Association.

A)william lovett
B)oliver cromwell
C)william iii
D)robert peel

Question 12

After the English Civil War had established a protectorate under......................

A)robert peel
B)william ii
C)charles
D)oliver cromwell

Question 13

The Bill of Rights was enacted in.........................

A)1689
B)1692
C)1685
D)1698

Question 14

The death of Queen Anne in ................. led her successor, George I Duke of Hannover to the throne of England.

A)1714
B)1718
C)1724
D)1734

Question 15

...................... is a policy of minimum governmental interference in the economic affairs of individuals and society.

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

Question 16

Jean-Baptiste Colbert, controller general of finance under King Louis XIV of .........................

A)britain
B)france
C)china
D)usa

Question 17

The doctrine of laissez-faire is usually associated with the ...........................known as Physiocrats, who flourished in France from about 1756 to 1778.

A)sociologists
B)economists
C)historians
D)anthropologists

Question 18

The British economist ................. wrote Principles of Political Economy (1848),

A)adam smith
B)john stuart mill
C)turgot
D)robert owen

Question 19

In 1810, ..........................produced his first publication, The High Price of Bullion, a Proof of the Depreciation of Bank Note, which argued for the use of metallic currency.

A)david ricardo
B)thomas malthus
C)charles darwin
D)alfred russell wallace.

Question 20

Methodism was an 18th-century movement founded by ........... that sought to reform the Church of England from within.

A)john wesley
B)william ewart gladstone
C)david ricardo
D)john russell

Question 21

Repeal of the Corn Act in ......................

A)1846
B)1856
C)1866
D)1876

Question 22

The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death, on 22 January........................

A)1801
B)1876
C)1897
D)1901