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Technological Changes and New Forms of Industrial Organisation
Technological Changes and New Forms of Industrial Organisation
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# Industrial Revolution
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1
Who was the inventor of the Spinning Jenny?
James Hargreaves
Edmund Cartwright
James Watt
Isaac Newton
2
What was viewed as particularly offensive in factories?
drunkenness
illness
laziness
happiness
3
What was NOT a usual punishments for disbehaviour of all kinds in factories?
dismissal
fines
death sentence
pay cuts
4
When was the steam engine invented?
1730s
1750s
1790s
1760s
5
Which locomotive was first used on the first public railway line (1830)?
Apollo
Rocket
Moon
Star
6
What was the system called that helped to produce an iron of higher quality?
trifling
puddling
creaming
crumbling
7
The development of the flying shuttle ... the output.
tripled
quadrupled
divided in half
doubled
8
James Watt was a(n) ....
Scottish engineer
Irish mechanic
English scientist
Welsh factory owner
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What did many entrepreneurs do?
support the poor factory workers
reinvest the profit in new capital equipment
buy some nice luxury things
bring it to the bank
10
Which cities did the Rocket connect?
London - Liverpool
Leeds - Liverpool
Liverpool - Manchester
Manchester - London
11
What was NOT one of the important principles in factories?
fair working conditions
dismissal
rules
fines
12
What kind of exhibition was the "Great Exhibition"?
colonial fair
industrial fair
leisure fair
financial fair
13
What was Britain's most important product in value?
cotton
coal
oil
wood
14
What made the steam engine an ideal source of energy?
no dependence on rivers
no dependence on human power
no dependence on iron
no dependence on coal
15
What is named after the Crystal Palace building today (South London)?
an ice hockey team
a cricket team
a polo team
a football team
16
What was NOT prohibited in factories?
smoking
leaving the work place
working
conversation
17
What was the enormous structure of the "Great Exhibition" called?
Cotton Pile
Victoria's Secret
Crystal Palace
Iron Castle
18
Which garment was available also to poorer people with the "cotton boom"?
t-shirts
socks
underwear
trousers
19
When did the "Great Exhibition" take place?
1861
1881
1871
1851
