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WorksheetsIndustrial Revolution Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Improved the working conditions for people and built the first ever iron bridge.
George Stephenson
Thomas Newcomen
James Watt
Abraham Darby III
Allowed people to harvest cotton faster with his invention of the cotton gin.
Eli Whitney
John Kay
Henry Bessemer
Matthew Boulton
Created the first steam engine train to carry passengers on a public rail.
Abraham Darby III
George Stephenson
Matthew Boulton
James Hargreaves
Created a more efficient and less expensive way to smelt iron via coke fuel.
Alfred Krupp
Guglielmo Marconi
Abraham Darby I
Abraham Darby III
Modified the steam engine allowing it to run more efficiently.
Henry Bessemer
James Hargreaves
John Kay
James Watt
Developed the Soho Manufactory and was a businessman who introduced the steam engine to different factories across England.
John D. Rockefeller
Matthew Boulton
Henry Bessemer
James Hargreaves
One person could spin several threads at one time because of his invention of the spinning jenny.
Matthew Boulton
Alfred Nobel
James Hargreaves
Eli Whitney
The first farmer to implement the separation of male and female livestock for mating purposes which led to improvements in sheep, cattle, and horses.
Robert Bakewell
Richard Arkwright
John Kay
Charles Townshend
Mating done deliberately and specifically to exaggerate traits of animals that are desirable.
Norfolk Breeding
Prime Breeding
Selective Breeding
Chosen Mating
Richard Arkwright was famous for his invention of the…
Water Wheel
Spinning Wheel
Flying Wheel
Water Frame
A believer in socialism, and the first person to formulate the idea of an 8-hour work day
Adam Smith
Thomas Malthus
Jeremy Bentham
Robert Owen
One of the first to believe in communism for a society.
Karl Marx
Robert Owen
Thomas Malthus
Adam Smith
Believed in utilitarianism and argued for women’s rights, animal rights, gay rights, and opposed slavery.
Karl Marx
Adam Smith
Jeremy Bentham
Thomas Malthus
A supporter of laissez-faire economics, and he believed that a free market would benefit everyone.
Jeremy Bentham
Adam Smith
Robert Owen
Thomas Malthus
Famous for his theories about overpopulation, and said that sooner or later population gets checked by war, disease, or famine.
Robert Owen
Adam Smith
Jeremy Bentham
Thomas Malthus
