Pre Industrial Britain

Question 1

Social class

Answer 1

Upper - aristocracy/gentry
- real tennis/sponsors

Lower - peasants
- mob football/dog fighting

Question 2

Gender

Answer 2

Upper and lower - different activities/weaker sex/nothing dangerous

Upper - archery
Lower - ‘smock races’

Question 3

Law and order

Answer 3

Upper and lower - little law and order

Upper - fox hunting
Lower - mob football/animal baiting

Question 4

Education and literacy

Answer 4

Upper - educated so could understand rules of real tennis

Lower - uneducated -> sports represented this

Question 5

Availability of time

Answer 5

Upper - bare time, so activities were longer lasting such as fox hunting

Lower - worked long hours, little time or energy so only played on festival or holy days

Question 6

Availability of money

Answer 6

Upper - more money, could afford equipment etc

Lower - no money to spare on physical activities

Question 7

Type and transport available

Answer 7

Upper and Lower - activities local, transport was limited

Upper - had horses but state of roads poor so some built facilities in their stately homes

Lower - roads poor state, activities between villages

Question 8

Social and cultural factors we have to know in pre-industrial

Answer 8

Social class
Gender
Law and order
Education
Availability of time
Availability of money
Type of transport