Pre-industrial Britain

Question 1

What is the upper class? (pre-industrial Britain)

Answer 1

Aristocracy or gentry who were hereditary landowners

Question 2

What sport did the upper class play? (pre-industrial Britain)

Answer 2

Real tennis
Fox hunting
Cricket (played as ‘player’ lower class professionals)
Pedestrianism (putting wagers on footmen)

Question 3

What is the lower class? (pre-industrial Britain)

Answer 3

Peasants who work manually, mainly on the land

Question 4

What sports did the lower class play? (pre-industrial Britain)

Answer 4

Mob football
Cricket (played as ‘gentleman’ amateurs)
Pedestrianism (as competitors of the wagers)

Question 5

How were women seen in both the upper and lower classes? (pre-industrial Britain)

Answer 5

Women participated in very different activities to men
Women were seen as the ‘weaker’ sex
Activities women participated in were not ‘too strenuous’ or ‘dangerous’

Question 6

What sport could women in the upper class participate in? (pre-industrial Britain)

Answer 6

Archery

Question 7

What sport could women in the lower class participate in? (pre-industrial Britain)

Answer 7

During country fairs, women were allowed to take part in ‘smock races’

Question 8

What was law and order like in pre-industrial Britain?

Answer 8

Little law and order
(reflected in the activities undertaken)

Question 9

What affect did little law and order have on the lower class? (pre-industrial Britain)

Answer 9

Took part in bar knuckle fighting or animal baiting reflecting the lack of order and animal cruelty
Games like mob football had few rules, showing lack of law and order in society

Question 10

What influence did education have on the upper class? (pre-industrial Britain)

Answer 10

Educated and literate
Could read and write and understand written rules of sophisticated activities

Question 11

What influence did no education have on the lower class? (pre-industrial Britain)

Answer 11

Uneducated and illiterate
Could understand simple activities with few rules

Question 12

How did availability of time affect the upper class? (pre-industrial Britain)

Answer 12

Had more time and could be involved in longer lasting activities

Question 13

How did availability of time affect the lower class? (pre-industrial Britain)

Answer 13

Worked long exhausting hours so had little time or energy for physical activities
The few activities they participated in were confined to festivals or holy days

Question 14

How did availability of money affect the upper class? (pre-industrial Britain)

Answer 14

More money therefore more opportunities to be involved in physical activity of their choice
Could afford horses, clothing and equipment
Had access to specialist facilities

Question 15

How did availability of money affects the lower class? (pre-industrial Britain)

Answer 15

Has no spare money to spend on physical activities

Question 16

Where were sporting activities held during pre-industrial Britain?

Answer 16

Locally
Transport was generally horse and cart or walking

Question 17

How did transport affect the upper class? (pre-industrial Britain)

Answer 17

Had more opportunity to travel further by horse and cart but was still often limited by the state of the roads
Could get to facilities easily

Question 18

How did transport affect the lower class? (pre-industrial Britain)

Answer 18

Roads were in a poor state preventing people from leaving their villages
This influenced the simple, local and unwritten rules varying from village to village