Famous Scientists
Important Inventors and their Inventions
Causes and Effects
Important Ideas about the Industrial Revolution
Social Changes
100
The only woman on our list, she named the mysterious "waves" of energy given off by some substances "radiation".
Who is Marie Curie?
100
He created the first truly efficient steam engine. It was such an important invention, his last name still stands for units of electrical power.
Who is James Watt?
100
Having many men with the willingness to risk their money to invest in businesses was one reason the industrial revolution began in Great Britain. Identify the term defined above.
What is Entrepreneurship?
100
This is the shift from an economy based on farming and manufacturing goods by hand to an economy based on manufacturing goods by machine.
What is The Industrial Revolution?
100
Two new social classes developed because of the Industrial Revolution. Name one of them.
What are the Industrial Middle Class and the Industrial Working Class
200
You could blame the trouble you get into for using your cell phone on these TWO men, one who invented the telephone and the other who invented the radio.
Who are Alexander Graham Bell and Guglielmo Marconi
200
His name is synonymous with inventions. His most famous was the Electric Light Bulb.
Who is Thomas Edison?
200
Inventions like the power loom and the Spinning Jenny helped this industry to be one of the first effected by the Industrial Revolution.
What is the cotton cloth or textile industry?
200
In addition to Entrepreneurship, Great Britain had three other advantages that allowed the Industrial Revolution to happen. Name two of them.
What are Abundant Natural Resources Large labor force (accept large population) Money to invest in factories and machines (accept Capital)
200
The population of Europe grew rapidly between 1800 and 1900 for this reason.
What are improvements in Medicine?
300
Many of the advances in modern medicine began with this man's Germ Theory of Disease.
Who is Louis Pasteur?
300
The only inventor with two inventions on our list. He is responsible for the inventions of both interchangeable parts and the cotton gin.
Who is Eli Whitney?
300
One of the most important changes in the Industrial Revolution was the ending of a type of industry where goods were made by hand in the home. Name this type of industry.
What is Cottage Industry?
300
It is defined as an intense pride in one's country or place of origin.
What is Nationalism
400
The Electric Generator, or Dynamo, was invented by this man.
Who is Michael Faraday
400
This man invented the first working, practical steam powered boat.
Who is Robert Fulton
400
The Industrial Revolution would never have grown as rapidly without the invention of this process of making steel in large quantities.
What is the Bessemer Process?
400
Working conditions for textile workers during the mid 19th century were very unpleasant. Give two reasons why this statement is true.
What is Extensive use of Child Labor, dangerous and unsanitary working conditions, long hours, low pay
400
In this economic system, factories are owned by the people (government) and run for the benefit of everyone in society. There is no private property and everyone is equal.
What is Socialism? (Accept Communism)
500
His work in classifying chemical elements led to the development of the Periodic Table of the Elements
Who is Dmitri Mendeleyev?
500
The gasoline-burning internal combustion engine was developed by this man, who also invented the first automobile in 1899.
Who is Gottlieb Daimler?
500
Invented by Henry Ford, this greatly reduced the manufacturing time of almost everything by requiring workers to stay in one place and do one job over and over again as the product is assembled.
What is the Assembly Line?
500
The internal combustion engine made many other inventions possible. Name at least four.
What are automobiles (cars, trucks, buses, etc.) Airplanes, Lawn Mowers, Boat motors, Diesel ships, Diesel locomotives, Motorcycles and ATVs (accept 4wheelers and 3wheelers) Tanks and other self-propelled military equipment
500
In this type of economy, individuals own the businesses and factories, run them for a profit, and who gets what is decided by the market.
What is Capitalism?
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