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Industrial revolution inventions

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Reduced the amount of work needed to produce yarn, with a worker able to work eight or more spools at once

a)

Phonograph

b)

Radio

c)

Spinning Jenny

d)

Model T

2.

Could power machines automatically and led to the development of moving vehicles

a)

steam engine

b)

radio

c)

cotton gin

d)

spinning jenny

3.

Who invented the steam engine?

a)

James Watt

b)

Marconi

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Bell

4.

This caused a need for more labor (slaves) to pick the cotton

a)

Airplane

b)

Cotton Gin

c)

Phongraph

d)

Smallpox Vaccine

5.

A vaccine that prevented people from catching the deadly disease called _______________

a)

influenza

b)

shingles

c)

ebola

d)

Smallpox

6.

Guglielmo Marconi invented the _________

a)

Telegraph

b)

Vaccine

c)

Radio

d)

Teletubbies

7.

Henry __________ invented an assembly line that could produce automobiles quickly and efficiently

a)

Dodge

b)

Ford

c)

Benz

d)

Honda

8.

Allowed for the distribution of ____________waves that people could receive in their homes for news or music.

a)

Radio

b)

Sweet

c)

Micro

d)

Epic

9.

Thomas Edison invented a phonograph machine that could....

a)

let you listen to music in your own home

b)

let you watch TV in your own home

c)

do your math homework

d)

translate monkey thoughts

10.

Ford's Model T was the first __________ most people could afford

a)

motorcycle

b)

automobile

c)

prison

d)

plastic surgery

11.

This invention allowed for improved communication over a telegraph.

a)

Phone

b)

Germ Theory

c)

Telemarketer

d)

Teletubbies

12.

Showed that disease was caused by __________ and led to pasteurization and methods to prevent disease.

a)

humans

b)

animals

c)

germs

d)

clouds