How things work college course/Industrial Revolution quiz

This quiz covers the first sections (up to Steam Power) of Industrial Revolution (permalink). The un-shuffled version of this quiz serves as a good pre-reading activity for the article. For randomized versions of this quiz, use the testbank. For information on how to print out test copies (and other questions) see How to use testbank.

Industrial_Revolution version A
{ Lede } {The Industrial Revolution began shortly before} - World War I (1914) + the American revolution (1776) - the American civil war (1861) {How long did the Industrial Revolution last _____ } - 200 years - 300 years - 400 years + 100 years {The dominant industry of the Industrial Revolution in terms of employment, output and invested capital was} - railroads - military spending - farm equipment - ship building + textiles {What impact did the industrial revolution have on living standards of ordinary people, according to Wikipedia?} + the question is a subject of controversy - little or no growth in the first half, but enormous growth in the second half of the industrial revolution. - sustained growth, for the first time in history - little or no growth until much later (19th and 20th centuries) {The industrial revolution began in} - simultaneously in a variety of European nations - Germany - simultaneously in Europe and the United States + Great Britain - United States { Important technological developments } {Which is NOT one of the three areas of development that helped initiate the industrial revolution?} + assembly lines - textiles - iron making - steam power { Textile manufacture } {The Calico Acts were initially designed to protect} - domestic cotton production + the woollen industry - small manufacturers - large manufacturers {On the eve of the Industrial Revolution, when the textile industry was largely a cottage industry, women did the ______ and men did the _______. If a loom was used, the work done by the women required ______ person hours.} + spinning, weaving, more - spinning, weaving, fewer - weaving, spinning, more - weaving, spinning, fewer {On the eve of the Industrial Revolution, when the textile industry was largely a cottage industry, men did the ______ and women did the _______. If a loom was used, the work done by the men required ______ person hours.} - spinning, weaving, fewer + weaving, spinning, fewer - weaving, spinning, more - spinning, weaving, more {Cartwright built two textile factories. One of them} - burned down + two of these are true - is still in use today - was transported to Germany - was sabotaged by workers {The purpose of Eli Whitney's cotton gin was to} - clean cotton + remove seeds - weave cotton - pick cotton - spin cotton {Manchester acquired the nickname __________ during the early 19th century owing to its sprawl of ______} - Coalopolis, coal mines - Weavopolis, Weaving factories + Cottonopolis, textile factories - Cokopolis, coke processing plants { Metallurgy } {A major change in the metal industries during the era of the Industrial Revolution was the replacement of wood and other bio-fuels with coal. Compared to wood, coal required } - about the same labour to mine, but was more abundant than wood. + less labour to mine and was also more abundant. - less labour to mine, but was less abundant (until the Rineland coal fields were discovered). {Henry Cort developed rolling, which is 15 times _____ than ______} + faster, hammering - faster, puddling - cheaper, hammering - cheaper, puddling {Puddling involved } - stirring with a long rod and became much cheaper when steam engines replaced manual stirring - the use of coke instead of coal greatly reduced the cost of producing pig iron - the use of coke instead of coal and led to much strong iron + stirring with a long rod and was never successfully mechanised. {For most of the period of the Industrial Revolution, the majority of industrial power was supplied by} - steam and wind. - water and steam. + water and wind. { Steam power } {The Miner's Friend} - provided ventilation - transported miners + pumped water - was electrical lighting {According to Wikipedia, the first large machine tool was used to} - drill coal mines - shape plates for ship hulls + bore cylinders for steam engines steam engines. - plane rails for railroads { Chemicals } {During the Industrial Revolution, the cost of producing sulfuric acid greatly improved by} + replacing glass containers with lead containers - replacing iron containers with glass containers - replacing glass containers with iron containers - replacing lead containers with glass containers {Early uses for sulphuric acid included} - making cement and bleaching cloth - producing dyes and bleaching cloth - removing rust and making cement - producing dyes and making cement + removing rust and bleaching cloth {During the Industrial Revolution, the best Chemists were trained in} - Great Britain + Germany - United States - Italy - Sweden