The Industrial Revolution 04

1. Who did NOT help build a steam engine that could drive various machines?

   • Charles Bridges
   • James Watt
   • Matthew Boulton
   • William Murdock

2. Which city was known as 'Cottonopolis'?

   • Birmingham
   • Leeds
   • Liverpool
   • Manchester

3. Why was Lancashire's damp climate good for the cotton industry?

   • More umbrellas needed to be made
   • Rainwater helped the workers thirsts
   • Workers kept dry in the factories
   • Yarn did not break as easily

4. The capital of iron and steel production was where?

   • Caerphilly
   • Cwmbran
   • Merthyr
   • Penarth

5. The Industrial Revolution created which class?

   • Landowner class
   • Run of the mill class
   • Upper class
   • Working class

6. Lancashire's raw cotton came into which port?

   • Chester
   • Fleetwood
   • Liverpool
   • Preston

7. By the 1830s, the Industrial Revolution was speeded by the growth of what?

   • Canals
   • Railways
   • Supersonic flight
   • Turnpike roads

8. Josiah Wedgwood founded what type of factory?

   • Coffee
   • Engineering
   • Pottery
   • Textile

9. Which 1851 event celebrated all the new industry?

   • The Grand Display
   • The Great Exhibition
   • The Universal Exhibition
   • The World Fair

10. At that time Britain was described as the what 'of the world'?

    • Ideas bank
    • Laboratory
    • Nerve centre
    • Workshop

Quiz written by Jan Crompton