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The first railway line, opened in 1825, connected which two towns?Read the answer and worked solution →Cities in England with over 50,000 people grew from two in 1750 to how many in 1850?Read the answer and worked solution →Parliament passed two Combination Acts against protest in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The machine-breaking movement of 1811-17 led by General Ned Ludd was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Eighty thousand people gathered at St Peter's Fields, Manchester, in August 1819. The crackdown was called:Read the answer and worked solution →The Mines and Collieries Act of 1842 banned which groups from working underground?Read the answer and worked solution →The Great Exhibition of 1851 was held in which specially built structure in London?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the inventorsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the textile machinesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the invention yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the steam menRead the answer and worked solution →Iron or cottonRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the protest eventsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Industrial Revolution bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Japan incorporated Taiwan into its empire in 1895 and which other territory in 1910?Read the answer and worked solution →Which family held the position of shogun in Japan from 1603 to 1867?Read the answer and worked solution →The Tale of the Genji, a fictionalised diary of the Heian court, was written by whom?Read the answer and worked solution →Which US Commodore arrived in 1853 demanding that Japan open trade and diplomatic relations?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1868 the shogun was removed and the emperor brought to Edo, which was renamed:Read the answer and worked solution →The Meiji slogan fukoku kyohei meant what?Read the answer and worked solution →Japan's first railway line, built in 1870-72, ran from Tokyo to which port?Read the answer and worked solution →Large family-controlled business houses that dominated Japan's economy were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Who launched Japan's first agitation against industrial pollution in 1897 with 800 villagers?Read the answer and worked solution →The Japanese parliament is called the Diet. From which language did Japan take the word?Read the answer and worked solution →Which leading Meiji intellectual said Japan must expel Asia and founded what became Keio University?Read the answer and worked solution →Article 9 of Japan's post-war constitution is known as the:Read the answer and worked solution →Japan's Shinkansen bullet trains began running in which year, the same year Tokyo hosted the Olympics?Read the answer and worked solution →Mercury poisoning in the 1960s that spurred Japan's environmental movement is linked to which place?Read the answer and worked solution →The first Opium War between Britain and China was fought in which years?Read the answer and worked solution →

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The first railway line, opened in 1825, connected which two towns?

  1. Leeds and Newcastle
  2. Stockton and Darlington
  3. Liverpool and Manchester
  4. London and Birmingham
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Correct answer: B. Stockton and Darlington

1. Stephenson's locomotive pulled 30 tons up a hill in 1814. 2. Stockton to Darlington opened in 1825, nine miles. 3. Liverpool to Manchester followed in 1830. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 9, The Industrial Revolution._

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Cities in England with over 50,000 people grew from two in 1750 to how many in 1850?

  1. 39
  2. 49
  3. 29
  4. 19
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Correct answer: C. 29

1. Housing and sanitation lagged behind. 2. The number rose to 29 by 1850. 3. Cholera killed over 31,000 in 1832. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 9, The Industrial Revolution._

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Parliament passed two Combination Acts against protest in which year?

  1. 1819
  2. 1833
  3. 1847
  4. 1795
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Correct answer: D. 1795

1. They banned meetings of over 50 people. 2. The Acts came in 1795. 3. They were repealed in 1824-25. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 9, The Industrial Revolution._

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