<div style='text-align: center;'><span style='font-size: 24pt;'>Industrial Revolution</span></div>

During which decade did the 'Industrial Revolution' begin?

1760s

1710s

1780s

1830s

Where did the Industrial Revolution originate?

United Kingdom

United States of America

France

China

From which industry did the Industrial Revolution grow from?

Textile

Mining

Machinery

Manufacturing

In which year was the steam engine introduced?

1712

1707

1724

1741

During the 18th century, which city became known as the 'Second City of the Empire'?

Glasgow

Liverpool

Birmingham

Sheffield

Who is known as the 'Father of English Potters'?

Josiah Wegwood

Thomas Bentley

William Hamilton

Thomas Clarkson

For which project did Marc Isambard Brunel receive knighthood?

Rotherhithe Tunnel

Automated production of pulley blocks for the Royal Navy

Ile de Bourbon Suspension Bridge

Patent of the tunneling shield

What did Isambard Kingdom Brunel start learning by age 8?

Euclidian Geometry

Calculus

Trigonometric Series

Surveying

Upon completion, the Clifton Suspension Bridge was...?

The world's longest bridge

The world's first suspension bridge

The world's highest bridge

The world's first motor navigable bridge

What was the inspiration for Paddington Railway Station?

Crystal Palace

Euston Railway Station

London Bridge Station

Charing Cross Hotel

What was the first steamship designed for transatlantic travel?

SS Great Western

SS Great Britain

SS Brittanica

SS Great Eastern

Where was the SS Great Eastern designed to take passengers to?

Sydney

Colombo

Calcutta

Batavia

Who invented the first practical steam engine?

James Watt

Thomas Newcomen

Thomas Savery

George Stevenson

Who is credited with bringing the Industrial Revolution to the United States?

Samuel Slater

Thomas Jefferson

George Washington

Alexander Graham Bell

Who invented the cotton gin?

Eli Whitney

Samuel Morse

James Watts

Jethro Tull

Child labour was very common during the industrial revolution, what was made compulsory by the 1833 Factory Act?

Two hours of education a day for children

Compulsory school attendance by children up to the age of ten

Schooling available for all children

Free schooling for all children

Where was known as Cottonopolis?

Manchester

Pittsburgh

Nashville

Glasgow

Who is known as the "Father of the Modern Road"?

John McAdam

James Watt

Robert Fulton

Elias Howe

What were steam engines predominantly used for initially?

Pump water out of coal mines

Propulsion of trains

Power machinery

Transport machinery

Which of these inventions was NOT created during the Industrial Revolution?

The Lightbulb

The Photograph

The Telegraph

Dynamite

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