AQA A Level PE Sports and Society - Pre-industrial Britain

Characteristics of life in pre-industrial Britain

• people lived in urban areas

• middle class individuals lived in luxury

• cruel / violent way of life for all

• Widespread illiteracy

Characteristics of popular recreation (sport in pre-industrial britain)

• regular

• aggressive and male dominated

• lots of rules

• structured

Characteristics of mob football

• Played by all both classes

• Played in the upper class gardens

• Limited rules and regulations

Characteristics of real tennis

• reflected society

• played by upper class

• localised

• simple rules

Define feudal system

• a way of structuring society around a relationship derived from holding land in exchange for service or labour.

• a way of structuring society around sharing land equally amongst the people.

• a way of diving society into 3 classes.

Athletics as a pre-industrial britain activity was known as

• foot racing

• athletics

• country games

• olympics

Define patron

• a member of the gentry who looked after a lower-class performer, e.g by arranging competitions for them to participate in, putting up prize money and generally looking after the performer.

• a member of the upper class gentry who allowed their facilities to be used for competitions to be played.

• a member of the upper class gentry who enabled wagering to take place during competitions.

Which of these is a characteristic of the popular recreation available to the lower class in pre-industrial Britain?

• Local and specific to each community

• Regular

• Rule based

• Skill and tactics based

Which one of the following was played in pre-industrial society?

• Association football

• Lawn tennis

• Rationalised track and field events

• Real tennis