Pre-industrial Britain

Question 1

Between what two dates was the pre industrial era

Answer 1

1800-1850

Question 2

two types of social class

Answer 2

Upper and Lower

Question 3

Characteristics of Lower class

Answer 3

-Low skill level
-Cruel and Violent
-Simple rules
-Cheap

Question 4

Characteristics of Upper class

Answer 4

-Expensive
-Sophisticated
-complex rule structure
-high skill level

Question 5

What sports were played by the upper class

Answer 5

-fox hunting and real tennis

Question 6

Describe Gender in pre-industrial Britain

Answer 6

-Male dominated
-women were seen as ‘weaker’
-frowned upon by the church saying it was ‘unladylike’

Question 7

What sports were played by the lower class

Answer 7

-Mob football
-Prize fighting
-Blood sports

Question 8

What were the 3 sports that had evidence of women participation

Answer 8

-cycling and athletics (lower)
-archery (upper)

Question 9

Describe Money in pre-industrial Britain

Answer 9

-Upper class had available money
-so could play sports with an expense (rules out lower class) - (facilities, equipment and clothing)

Question 10

Describe education and literacy in pre-industrial Britain

Answer 10

• upper class received good education
• Lower class has high level of illiteracy
  ^played with simple unwritten rules

Question 11

Describe law and order in pre industrial Britain

Answer 11

-Represented harsh nature of society
-cruel and violent
-blood sports

Question 12

Describe Time in pre industrial Britain

Answer 12

-lower class=lack of free time due to long working hours
-sport was played occasionally
-played on holy days at wakes, fairs and festivals
-Upper class played sports long in duration due to more available free time

Question 13

Describe transport in pre industrial Britain

Answer 13

-due to lack of transport
-sport was played locally
-this meant rules were locally coded

Question 14

Characteristics of pre industrial Mob football

Answer 14

-played by lower class (low skill level)
-male dominated
-Cheap
-simple unwritten rules
-violent and cruel
-played locally within village
-played occasionally

Question 15

Characteristics of pre industrial Real tennis

Answer 15

-Played by upper class (high skill level)
-sophisticated
-played in a purpose built facility
-complex rule structure

Question 16

Characteristics of pre industrial cricket

Answer 16

-Played by both classes
-upper class did the good jobs (bowling and batting)
-lower class filled the numbers (fielding)
-reflected the social pecking order

-played rurally (village green)
-male dominated (some evidence - bowling was modified by women)
-Written rule structure (scoring system - notching)
-games could have been long in duration as the upper class had more free time

Question 17

Characteristics of pre industrial athletics

Answer 17

-Arranged at wakes, fares and festivals
-Chance for lower class to possibly get employed
-male dominated (men participated to show strength)
-some events relied on brute force and violence

Question 18

Name two early athletics events that took place

Answer 18

-Cotsworld games
-Much Wenlock games

Question 19

Name some activities that took place within the athletics competitions

Answer 19

-wrestling
-stick fighting
-tug o war
-throwing the stone
-wall/ditch jumping
-foot races
-smock races (female participation)

Question 20

Characteristics of pedestrianism in pre industrial Britain

Answer 20

-male dominated
-long duration (lasted a week)
-international event
-upper class were organisers but entered themselves for a test