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Cultural Knowledge Contest British Culture Part I Single-Choice Questions Directions: Read the following unfinished statements or questions carefully. For each unfinished statement or question, four suggested answers marked [A], [B], [C] and [D] are given. Choose the one that you think best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. The transition in parts of Great Britains previously manual labour and draft-animal–based economy towards machine-based manufacturing started with the mechanization of ___________. [A] the textile industries [B] the iron industries [C] the coal industries [D] the steel industries 2. The invention of the flying shuttle by ________enabled wider cloth to be woven faster, but also created a demand for yarn that could not be fulfilled. [A] Richard Arkwright [B] Harry Brearley [C] Edmund Cartwright [D] John Kay 3. The water frame, invented by __________, could be powered by a water wheel. [A] Richard Arkwright [B] Harry Brearley [C] Edmund Cartwright [D] John Kay 4. The first practicable steam engine was invented by Thomas Newcomen, and was used for pumping water out of mines and then, a much more powerful steam engine was invented by ___________. [A] Richard Arkwright [B] Harry Brearley [C] James Watt [D] John Kay 5. From 1815 to 1870 Britain reaped the benefits of being the worlds ________modern, industrialized nation. [A] fourth [B] third [C] second [D] first 6. By _________ Britain had a well integrated, well engineered system that provided fast, on-time, inexpensive movement of freight and people to every city and most rural districts. [A]1840 [B]1850 [C]1860 [D]1870 8. After the loss of the American colonies in ______, Britain built a Second British Empire, based in colonies in India, Asia, Australia, Canada. [A]1783 [B]1784 [C]1785 [D]1786 9. After WWI, in _______, the Wall Street Crash affected Britain and the Great depression began. After that, Britain gradually withdrew to adopt Tariff Reform as a measure of prote