Sports History

Question 1

What are the 6 influences of sport in pre industrial Britain?

Answer 1

Social class
Gender
Law and order
Education
Availability 
Transport

Question 2

How did social class affect sports?

Answer 2

Split into 2 classes: upper and lower
Upper class played sophisticated sports
Lower class played simple and violent sports

Question 3

How did gender affect sports?

Answer 3

Women were not allowed to play as much sport as men but upper class women could play more than lower class women

Question 4

How did law and order affect sport?

Answer 4

The lower class played violent sports and there was a lot of animal cruelty so the upper class created the police system to stop them

Question 5

How did education affect sport?

Answer 5

Upper class could go to school so they learnt to read and write so they could come up with new games and write the rules down while the lower class couldn’t

Question 6

How did availability affect sports?

Answer 6

Lower class worked from sun rise to sun set so they had little time to play sports while the upper class had people working for them so the had more leisure time to play

Question 7

How did transport affect sport?

Answer 7

Lower class didn’t have transport so they couldn’t get to facilities but upper class did

Question 8

What factors in post industrial Britain meant that sport changed?

Answer 8

Roads were built
Violent sports stopped
More people moved to urban locations
Increased literacy

Question 9

What are the 8 factors that influenced sport in post industrial Britain?

Answer 9

Social class
Amateurism and professionalism
Gender
Law and order
Education
Availability
Transport
Influence of public schools

Question 10

How did social class affect sports in post industrial Britain?

Answer 10

3 classes
Upper class still played sophisticated sports
Middle didn’t play that much
Lower barely played

Question 11

How did amateurism and professionalism affect sports in post industrial Britain?

Answer 11

Wealthy played as amateurs

Poor couldn’t miss work but if they were good enough they could play professionally

Question 12

How did gender affect sports in post industrial Britain?

Answer 12

Women still didn’t play many sports

Question 13

How did law and order affect spots in post industrial Britain?

Answer 13

There were defined laws

Bloody sports and animal cruelty were banned

Question 14

How did education affect sports in post industrial Britain?

Answer 14

1870- Forster act - state schools opened

1891 - education act - free education

Question 15

How did availability affect sports in post industrial Britain?

Answer 15

Lower and middle class worked long hours in factories.
They played sports on Saturdays which kept workers fit and involved

Question 16

How did transport affect sports in post industrial Britain?

Answer 16

Roads and railways were built so people could travel further to play sports

Question 17

How did the influence of public schools affect post industrial Britain?

Answer 17

Fees meant that they had better facilities

Harsh treatment prepared the boys for competitive sports

Question 18

Name three public schools

Answer 18

Harrow
Rugby
Eton

Question 19

What characteristics of public schools helped develop games?

Answer 19

They had facilities
They were well funded
They had the inter-school house system

Question 20

Describe the house system

Answer 20

Public school boys were put into houses depending on where they stayed.
These houses formed teams and different houses played each other

Question 21

Name 2 national governing bodies formed by ex public school boys

Answer 21

The FA

The RFU

Question 22

Define fagging

Answer 22

Older boys bullied the younger boys

Question 23

Who stopped fagging and how?

Answer 23

Thomas Arnold

Introduced the house system

Question 24

Define athleticism

Answer 24

A combination of physical endeavour, trying hard and showing good sportsmanship

Question 25

What are the 3 factors that affected sports in the 20th century?

Answer 25

Class
Gender
Law and order