Q.1
Iron and steel making required what form of coal?
  • Anthracite
  • Bituminous coal
  • Coke
  • Lignite
Q.2
Those who smashed factory machinery were called what?
  • Doleites
  • Hittites
  • Luddites
  • Mabbites
Q.3
In the early 18 century, who began making cast iron?
  • Abraham Darby
  • Adam Lester
  • Moses Carlisle
  • Noah Durham
Q.4
Who usually crawled under a jammed machine?
  • Children
  • Factory owners
  • Men
  • Women
Q.5
In the 1850's who developed a steelmaking process?
  • David Fitzsimmons
  • Henry Bessemer
  • Henry Cort
  • John Neilson
Q.6
Which factory owner financed James Watt's work?
  • James Nasmyth
  • Lionel French
  • Matthew Boulton
  • Thomas Savery
Q.7
Which of the following cities is most associated with steel making?
  • Bristol
  • Edinburgh
  • Manchester
  • Sheffield
Q.8
Cast iron that could be shaped by bending or hammering was called what?
  • Distressed iron
  • Pressed iron
  • Wrought iron
  • Wrung iron
Q.9
Edmund Cartwright's invention caused unemployment for which workers?
  • Cloth dyers
  • Hand-loom weavers
  • Sheep shearers
  • Wool sorters
Q.10
James Watt improved whose steam engine in the 1760's?
  • Terence Newgate
  • Thomas Newcomen
  • Timothy Newland
  • Tom Newsome
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