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Industrial Revolution Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Improved the working conditions for people and built the first ever iron bridge.

a)

George Stephenson

b)

Thomas Newcomen

c)

James Watt

d)

Abraham Darby III

2.

Allowed people to harvest cotton faster with his invention of the cotton gin.

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

John Kay

c)

Henry Bessemer

d)

Matthew Boulton

3.

Created the first steam engine train to carry passengers on a public rail.

a)

Abraham Darby III

b)

George Stephenson

c)

Matthew Boulton

d)

James Hargreaves

4.

Created a more efficient and less expensive way to smelt iron via coke fuel.

a)

Alfred Krupp

b)

Guglielmo Marconi

c)

Abraham Darby I

d)

Abraham Darby III

5.

Modified the steam engine allowing it to run more efficiently.

a)

Henry Bessemer

b)

James Hargreaves

c)

John Kay

d)

James Watt

6.

Developed the Soho Manufactory and was a businessman who introduced the steam engine to different factories across England.

a)

John D. Rockefeller

b)

Matthew Boulton

c)

Henry Bessemer

d)

James Hargreaves

7.

One person could spin several threads at one time because of his invention of the spinning jenny.

a)

Matthew Boulton

b)

Alfred Nobel

c)

James Hargreaves

d)

Eli Whitney

8.

The first farmer to implement the separation of male and female livestock for mating purposes which led to improvements in sheep, cattle, and horses.

a)

Robert Bakewell

b)

Richard Arkwright

c)

John Kay

d)

Charles Townshend

9.

Mating done deliberately and specifically to exaggerate traits of animals that are desirable.

a)

Norfolk Breeding

b)

Prime Breeding

c)

Selective Breeding

d)

Chosen Mating

10.

Richard Arkwright was famous for his invention of the…

a)

Water Wheel

b)

Spinning Wheel

c)

Flying Wheel

d)

Water Frame

11.

A believer in socialism, and the first person to formulate the idea of an 8-hour work day

a)

Adam Smith

b)

Thomas Malthus

c)

Jeremy Bentham

d)

Robert Owen

12.

One of the first to believe in communism for a society.

a)

Karl Marx

b)

Robert Owen

c)

Thomas Malthus

d)

Adam Smith

13.

Believed in utilitarianism and argued for women’s rights, animal rights, gay rights, and opposed slavery.

a)

Karl Marx

b)

Adam Smith

c)

Jeremy Bentham

d)

Thomas Malthus

14.

A supporter of laissez-faire economics, and he believed that a free market would benefit everyone.

a)

Jeremy Bentham

b)

Adam Smith

c)

Robert Owen

d)

Thomas Malthus

15.

Famous for his theories about overpopulation, and said that sooner or later population gets checked by war, disease, or famine.

a)

Robert Owen

b)

Adam Smith

c)

Jeremy Bentham

d)

Thomas Malthus