Pre-industrial Britain

Question 1

Identify 2 activities that were seen as appropriate for upper class participation

Answer 1

• fox hunting

- real tennis

Question 2

Identify 2 activites that were seen as appropriate for female participation

Answer 2

• smock racing

- archery

Question 3

Identify 2 qualities public schools promoted and explain how team games developed these

Answer 3

• physical endevour e.g trying hard to score a goal til the last minute
• moral integrity e.g admitting you hit the ball out

Question 4

EQ. Explain 2 ways in which social class influenced the characteristics os sports and pastimes in pre-industrial Britain. (4 marks)

Answer 4

• upper class sports were more sophisticated
• for example real tennis required expensive equipment
• lower class sports were more simple and less sophisticated
• for example mob football

Question 5

EQ. Describe 5 social factors that affected the characteristics of pre-industrial sport. (5 marks)

Answer 5

• gender, males had more violent harder sports while women had simpler sports
• class, upper class had more sophisticated sports with more rules while lower class had more simple rules
• money, wealthy people took part in complex sports that require equipment
• education, some sports had more sophisticated rules
• law and order, there were few rules in sports

Question 6

EQ. Describe 2 ways in which levels of education and literacy affected participation in Sport in pre-industrial Britain. (2 marks)

Answer 6

• simple rules for lower classes

- sophisticated rules for upper classes

Question 7

EQ. Compare the characteristics of pre-industrial sport and pastimes with sport played in nineteenth century public schools. (2 marks)

Answer 7

• pre-industrial sports were more violent and had more blood sports and few rules
• nineteenth century sports were more structured and had more rules