unit test 2

Question 1

who invented the seed drill

Answer 1

jethro tull

Question 2

who invented the steel plow

Answer 2

john Deere

Question 3

who invented the power loom

Answer 3

edmund cartwright

Question 4

who invented the telegraph

Answer 4

samuel morse

Question 5

who invented the wireless telegraph and the radio

Answer 5

guglielmo marconi

Question 6

who developed the atomic theory of matter

Answer 6

john dalton

Question 7

who discovered radioactivity, polonium and radium

Answer 7

pierre and marie curie

Question 8

who established the metropolitan police, or bobbie’s?

Answer 8

robert peel

Question 9

who was the prime minister of england four times, that represented the liberals and favored the middle class

Answer 9

william gladstone

Question 10

Who was the only Prime Minister 4) & of Jewish heritage, that was the champion of the conservative party, came from humble beginnings, and favored traditional institutions?

Answer 10

benjamin disraeli

Question 11

“British Peace,” a century-long period beginning with Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo in 1815 and ending with the outbreak of World War I in 1914 during which Britain’s economic and diplomatic influence contributed to economic openness and relatives peace

Answer 11

pax brittannica

Question 12

Who was called the “Pince of Preachers” who pastored the metropolitan tabernacle for over 40 years and was London’s best-known preacher?

Answer 12

charles haddon spurgeon

Question 13

Who formed the best-known orphanages in Bristol England, helping 10k orphans and 50k children?

Answer 13

george muller

Question 14

Who was the founder of the Salvation Army, which spread to 58 countries during his lifetime?

Answer 14

william booth

Question 15

Who was the Earl of Shaftesbury & that led child labor reforms?

Answer 15

lord ashley

Question 16

Parliament prohibited children
under 9 from labor. Many boys and girls received an education

Answer 16

What did the child labor reforms “ & do?

Question 17

Who was the founder of modern i i nursing, earning the name of the
“lady with the lamp” during the Crimean War?

Answer 17

florence nightingale

Question 18

Who was sent by Queen Victoria 1) & to investigate the division of Canada after the 7 Year War? He proposed the British North america act in 1867

Answer 18

lord durham

Question 19

What did the British North
American Act do?

Answer 19

Allowed self-governance within the empire

Question 20

The revolt of Indian soldiers in I w 1857 against certain British practices that violated religious customs (rifles used)

Answer 20

sepoy rebellion mutiny

Question 21

Who was a Scottish missionary in 4 & Africa who explored and found the Victoria Falls?

Answer 21

david livingstone

Question 22

Who was a British politician in South Africa that served as prime minister of the Cape Colony?

Answer 22

Cecil Rhodes

Question 23

War between the British and the a i Dutch (Boer) over Dutch independence in South Africa; resulted in British victory

Answer 23

boer war

Question 24

Who invented the mechanical reaper?

Answer 24

cyrus mccormick

Question 25

Who invented the cotton gin? "King Cotton" - slave labor keeps

Answer 25

eli whitney

Question 26

Who invented the first steam power engine in 1705?

Answer 26

thomas newcomen

Question 27

Who improved the steam engine in 1776?

Answer 27

james watt

Question 28

Who invented the miner's safety ) & lamp to reduce dangers during coal mining?

Answer 28

sir humphrey davy

Question 29

Who developed a new process for making high quality affordable steel from iron (bessemer process)?

Answer 29

william kelly (USA) and henry bessemer (UK)

Question 30

Who designed the first steamship?

Answer 30

robert fulton

Question 31

Who invented the steam powered t locomotive (rocket)?

Answer 31

george stephenson

Question 32

Who invented the first internal combustion engine?

Answer 32

gottleib daimler

Question 33

Who placed the handle/stick shift in the combustion engine for steering?

Answer 33

karl benz

Question 34

Who invented the first modern automobiles?

Answer 34

henry ford

Question 35

Who invented the telephone?

Answer 35

alexander graham bell

Question 36

Who designed the first electric generator (Dynamo)?

Answer 36

michael faraday

Question 37

Who was the head of the science? w department, created the absolute temperature scale, and formulated the second law of thermodynamics?

Answer 37

lord kelvin

Question 38

Who formulated the Electromagnetic Wave Theory and played a huge part of electricity?

Answer 38

james clark maxwell

Question 39

Who developed the smallpox vaccine?

Answer 39

edward jenner

Question 40

Who discovered antiseptic medicine?

Answer 40

Joseph Lister

Question 41

Who proposed the germ theory and invented pasteurization?

Answer 41

louis pasteur

Question 42

Who was the father of modern I w economics and wrote "wealth of nations" in 1776? (capitalism)

Answer 42

Adam Smith

Question 43

Who established the Standard Oil w Company and was a philanthropist who gave to liberal causes? (LARGEST MONOPOLY)

Answer 43

john D. rockefeller

Question 44

Who established the Carnegie Steel Company? (monopoly and philanthropist)

Answer 44

andrew carnegie

Question 45

Who was a banker who buys out Carnegie Steel and renames it to U.S. Steel? (robber baron and linked to chase bank)

Answer 45

J.P. morgan

Question 46

Who was a strong Prime Minister + $ in the 19th Century?

Answer 46

william pitt the younger

Question 47

Who was the British Queen, under 2 whose rule the British empire reached the height of its wealth and power? "do good be good"

Answer 47

queen victoria

Question 48

Who was the prince consort, Queen Victoria's husband

Answer 48

albert of saxe-coburg

Question 49

What did Queen Victoria and Albert embody?

Answer 49

Britain's greatness and commitment to biblical morality

Question 50

five points of chartism

Answer 50

Universal male suffrage 2. Equal-sized electoral districts 3. Voting by secret ballot 4. No property qualification 5. Annual elections of Parliament

Question 51

What was the major British political reform that lowered property requirements, gave voting rights for the middle class, yet did not give voting right for the working class?

Answer 51

reform bill of 1832

Question 52

Who was a famous cricket player 4) i who became a missionary to China, India, and Africa? ("Cricketer for Christ," church planting

Answer 52

ct studd

Question 53

Who led the abolition of African 4) i slave trade in the British empire?

Answer 53

William Wilberforce