Sport & society - NOV quiz

Odd one out: Reasons for NGB's being established in latter half of the 19th century.

• Increased population therefore more sports and NGB's required to meet the demand.

• Railway network allowed wider travel so formal structure was required.

• Increased literacy rates enabled more people to understand written rules.

• Urbanisation meant less space so set dimensions of playing areas were required.

Regular working hours allowed more time for sport. (a)   half day's were brought in to allow factory workers to play more sport.

Increased financial support, exposure to higher standards of play and competing in better venues are all advantages of what?

• Competing for a geographically based team

• Sporting migration

• Competing for a corporation team

• International sports leagues

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Positive impact of urbanisation

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(b) Negative impact of urbanisation

• Recreational space reduced leading to reduction in spaces to play

• Spectators had increased leisure time to watch sport

• Changes in society meant that laws were intorduced around working hours

• factory workers formed factory teams

• Pollution created by factories reduced health of the city dwellers

• Loss of agricultural traditions meant that there was a decrease in traditional games

Creating a community​ (a)   through sports​ (b)   and products was one of the reasons for the development of ​ (c)   ​ (d)  

• identity
• teams
• factory
• corporation
• kit
• spirit

Global events ​ (a)   a wider​ (b)   and sports ​ (c)   across the world. This​ (d)   popularity and ​ (e)   of the sport or player.

• attract
• audience
• spread
• increases
• profile
• charge
• net
• decreases

Which of the following are examples of the positive impact of urbanisation on recreational activities?

• Factories and communities helped increase revenue of teams to build stadia.

• People were able to follow their local team and watch from the stands

• Due to changes in society, working hours were reduced.

• Changes in society meant that regular fixtures lead to sheduled matches.

A positive effect of competing for a corporation instead of a geographically based team is:
better (a)   are attracted from around the world to train the athletes/team.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of MOB ACTIVITIES?

• Unpopular with the church

• Uncoded

• Cruelty to animals

• Uncomplicated

Recreational activities reflected society in ​ (a)   Some of these include ​ (b)   due to limited literacy levels, male dominated reflecting the​ (c)   society, and sports were ​ (d)   due to limited ​ (e)   links.

• pre-industrial Britain.
• unwritten rules
• patriarchal
• localised
• transport