Sports And Society - Mr J

Question 1

What was life like in pre-industrial Britain?

Answer 1

Very localised
Class division
Very rural areas
Very violent

Question 2

What are the characteristics of pre industrial Britain?

Answer 2

Not everyone went to school
Long working days
Not everyone went to school (illiterate)
Limited free time

Question 3

What is the feudal system?

Answer 3

A way of structuring society around a relationship derived from holding land in exchange for labour

Question 4

What are the 4 C’s?

Answer 4

Cruel
Clear class division
Countryside
Communications

Question 5

What are the characteristics of popular recreation?

Answer 5

Long working hours caused popular recreations to be occasional
Limited transport available therefore recreations must be local

Question 6

How many years ago was pre-industrial Britain?

Answer 6

239 years ago

Question 7

What are three socio-cultural factors in pre industrial Britain?

Answer 7

Limited transport/communications
Pre urban revolutions
Two-tier feudal system

Question 8

What is popular recreation?

Answer 8

The sport and pastimes of people in Pre-Industrial Britain

Question 9

What were activities like in pre-industrial Britain?

Answer 9

Male dominated
Lots of injuries 
Reflected a harsh society
Activities were aggressive
Lots of damage to property

Question 10

What were the popular recreational characteristics to reflect the socio-cultural factors?

Answer 10

Sport was localised 
Limited organisation 
Uncodified
Highly aggressive 
Gentry upper class men were clearly separated from lower class/peasant activities

Question 11

What are 3 popular recreations?

Answer 11

Real tennis
Athletics
Mob football

Question 12

What were the characteristics of mob football?

Answer 12

Mob football was played by lower-class peasants
It reflected the clear class-divisions between upper and lower class
Very localised local people with no limited playing the same game
Pig bladders used instead of leather footballs

Question 13

What were the characteristics of Real Tennis?

Answer 13

It didn’t reflect the typical popular recreations of that time

It was an exclusive sport for the upper class

It was played to a high moral code so it lacked violence and was played in a civilised manner

Question 14

Who took part in athletics?

Answer 14

Footmen(hired servants) competed as messengers for the upper class for their speed of movement across an open land

Question 15

What was athletics like?

Answer 15

It was a form competitive running/walking in the 17/18th century involving feats of endurance.

Question 16

What are the characteristics of popular recreations linked to pre-1780’s festivals included.

Answer 16

Set in rural location 
Betting occurred with wagers placed on the outcome of races 
Occurred annually - once a year 
Rules were simple/unwritten
Events were local

Question 17

Why were popular recreations eventually banned?

Answer 17

They were violent or unruly in nature
They led to injury or death in extreme cases
Led to property damage
They involved gambling/wagering
The were linked to alcohol consumption/drunken behaviour

Question 18

What is muscular Christianity?

Answer 18

• The church helping promote social control(improved behaviour) through civilised activities
• Using sport to increase attendance in church

Question 19

Who were the middle class in the three tier society?

Answer 19

Self - made individuals which helped improve the lives of the working class through sporting provisions

Question 20

What is codification?

Answer 20

The development of strict rules as public schools and university old boys played key roles in the formation of national governing bodies

Question 21

What is competition? (in relation to the emergence of the middle class)

Answer 21

The development of leagues and competitions via middle class involvement in Public Schools, Universities,NGO’s

Question 22

What is public provisions?

Answer 22

The development of facilities which increased participation of the population

Question 23

What are philanthropists?

Answer 23

Kind,generous middle class individuals who had a social conscience and were keen to provide a better life for the working class

Question 24

What are three pre industrial factors?

Answer 24

Seasonal time/Agricultural time
Limited transport/Communications
Feudal society(two tier society)

Question 25

What are three Post-Industrial factors?

Answer 25

Increased literacy
Civilised lifestyle, increase law and order
More advanced technology