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World History - 10th > Ch19 - People > Flashcards

Ch19 - People Flashcards

1
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Who invented the seed drill?

A

Jethro Tull

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2
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Who invented the steel plow?

A

John Deere

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3
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Who invented the reaper?

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Cyrus McCormick

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4
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Who invented the cotton gin?

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Eli Whitney

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5
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Who developed a practical coal burning steam engine?

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James Watt

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6
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Who invented the miner’s safety lamp?

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Sir Humphry Davy

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7
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What two men independently discover the process of converting raw iron into steel? What did the process come to be known as?

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  • Henry Bessemer and William Kelly

- The Bessemer process

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8
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Who built the first steamship?

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Robert Fulton

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9
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Who built the first practical steam-powered locomotive?

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George Stephenson

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10
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Who perfected the gasoline-fueled internal combustion engine?

A

Gottlieb Daimler

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11
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Who invented the diesel engine?

A

Rudolf Diesel

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12
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What men developed the first modern automobiles?

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Karl Benz and Henry Ford

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13
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Who perfected the electric telegraph?

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Samuel Morse

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14
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Who succeeded in laying the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable in 1866?

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Cyrus Field

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15
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Who invented the telephone?

A

Alexander Graham Bell

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16
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Who invented the wireless telegraph?

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Guglielmo Marconi

17
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Who was considered the greatest inventor in history and invented the phonograph, microphone, motion picture projector, mimeograph machine, and the incandescent electric light bulb?

A

Thomas Edison

18
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What English physician developed the first vaccine?

A

Edward Jenner

19
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Who was the most important inventor of the 19th century in the field of human health?

Developed the germ theory of disease, introduced several methods for the prevention of infection, introduced vaccines, and invented the pasteurization process.

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Louis Pasteur

20
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Who introduced the use of antiseptics to fight germs following surgery?

A

Joseph Lister

21
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Who wrote The Wealth of Nations and espoused the philosophy that individuals freedom in economics lease to the greatest good and not only for the individual but for society of a whole?

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Adam Smith

22
Q

Who invented the flying shuttle?

A

John Kay

23
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Who proposed the atomic theory?

A

John Dalton

24
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Who led the unification of Germany?

A

Otto von Bismarck

25
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Who introduced the use of antiseptics to fight germs following surgery?

A

Joseph Lister

World History - 10th (45 decks)

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