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History: High School: 9th and 10th Grade Quiz - The Industrial Revolution 4 (Questions)

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Machinery was being invented constantly during the Industrial Revolution. New engines and machinery meant that by the 1830s it needed only 750 workers to produce as much yarn as it would once have taken 200,000 people to spin!

Test your knowledge with the fourth History quiz in the Industrial Revolution series.

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 center
[ ] Workshop
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History: High School: 9th and 10th Grade Quiz - The Industrial Revolution 4 (Answers)
1. Who did NOT help build a steam engine that could drive various machines?
[x] Charles Bridges
[ ] James Watt
[ ] Matthew Boulton
[ ] William Murdock
It made cheap mass production possible
2. Which city was known as 'Cottonopolis'?
[ ] Birmingham
[ ] Leeds
[ ] Liverpool
[x] 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
[x] Yarn did not break as easily
4. The capital of iron and steel production was where?
[ ] Caerphilly
[ ] Cwmbran
[x] Merthyr
[ ] Penarth
A town in South Wales
5. The Industrial Revolution created which class?
[ ] Landowner class
[ ] Run of the mill class
[ ] Upper class
[x] Working class
6. Lancashire's raw cotton came into which port?
[ ] Chester
[ ] Fleetwood
[x] Liverpool
[ ] Preston
A lot of it came from America
7. By the 1830s, the Industrial Revolution was speeded by the growth of what?
[ ] Canals
[x] Railways
[ ] Supersonic flight
[ ] Turnpike roads
Goods could be moved quickly and easily
8. Josiah Wedgwood founded what type of factory?
[ ] Coffee
[ ] Engineering
[x] Pottery
[ ] Textile
9. Which 1851 event celebrated all the new industry?
[ ] The Grand Display
[x] The Great Exhibition
[ ] The Universal Exhibition
[ ] The World Fair
Brainwave of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's husband
10. At that time Britain was described as the what 'of the world'?
[ ] Ideas bank
[ ] Laboratory
[ ] Nerve center
[x] Workshop