AS Sport and Society - Pre-industrial Britain

Question 1

Upper classes had rules because they were what?

Accepted Answer

Literate

Question 2

The winner of a `Smock race` would usually win what?

Accepted Answer

A dress

Question 3

Upper classes had transport but couldn't travel due to poor road conditions.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Which of these is an example of the divide between upper and lower classes?

Accepted Answer

All of them

Question 5

Which of these were sports played by the Upper Class?

Accepted Answer

Fox-Hunting and Real Tennis

Question 6

Being a Female meant that you couldn't play sport because you were what?

Accepted Answer

Weak

Question 7

What word best describes the participation of the lower classes in pre-industrial britain?

Accepted Answer

Ocassional

Question 8

The middle class were professionals as they played sport for money

Accepted Answer

The middle class didn't exist in pre-industrial britain

Question 9

Under what conditions were upper class women allowed to participate in sport?

Accepted Answer

Both of the above

Question 10

What is Professionalism?

Accepted Answer

lower classes playing sport for money

Question 11

What was the name given to message carriers for the upper class?

Accepted Answer

Footmen

Question 12

Upper classes used to gamble on which sports?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 13

Lower classes had lots of free time

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

Aristocratic women were allowed to participate in which sport?

Accepted Answer

Archery

Question 15

What was Amateurism?

Accepted Answer

Upper classes played sport for money

Question 16

What was Pedestrianism?

Accepted Answer

Lower classes ran alongside carriages to stop them falling

Question 17

Mob Football was violent due to a lack of what?

Accepted Answer

Rules

Question 18

Why did mob football have unwritten rules?

Accepted Answer

They were illiterate

Question 19

Lower classes were able to afford the equipment required for sport.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

Why did rules vary from village-to-village?

Accepted Answer

No contact between villages

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