Q.1
Who did NOT help build a steam engine that could drive various machines?
  • Charles Bridges
  • James Watt
  • Matthew Boulton
  • William Murdock
Q.2
Which city was known as 'Cottonopolis'?
  • Birmingham
  • Leeds
  • Liverpool
  • Manchester
Q.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
Q.4
The capital of iron and steel production was where?
  • Caerphilly
  • Cwmbran
  • Merthyr
  • Penarth
Q.5
The Industrial Revolution created which class?
  • Landowner class
  • Run of the mill class
  • Upper class
  • Working class
Q.6
Lancashire's raw cotton came into which port?
  • Chester
  • Fleetwood
  • Liverpool
  • Preston
Q.7
By the 1830s, the Industrial Revolution was speeded by the growth of what?
  • Canals
  • Railways
  • Supersonic flight
  • Turnpike roads
Q.8
Josiah Wedgwood founded what type of factory?
  • Coffee
  • Engineering
  • Pottery
  • Textile
Q.9
Which 1851 event celebrated all the new industry?
  • The Grand Display
  • The Great Exhibition
  • The Universal Exhibition
  • The World Fair
Q.10
At that time Britain was described as the what 'of the world'?
  • Ideas bank
  • Laboratory
  • Nerve center
  • Workshop
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