Pre-Industrial Recreation Quiz

Which one of the following is a characteristic of real tennis and mob football in pre-industrial Britain (pre-1780)?

• Played by the lower class

• Required expensive facilities

• Violent and unruly

• Lots of rules

Identify the correct timeline of events that influenced the development of rational recreation.

• Development of National Governing Bodies, industrial revolution, emergence of middle classes, urbanisation

• Industrial revolution, urbanisation, development of National Governing Bodies, emergence of middle classes

• Industrial revolution, urbanisation, emergence of middle classes, development of National Governing Bodies

• Urbanisation, emergence of middle classes, industrial revolution, development of National Governing Bodies

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

Which one of the following was a specific aim of the Wenlock Olympian Games?

• Develop international competition

• Form an Olympian Class

• Improve morals of the whole nation

Identify the correct combination of characteristics that represent real tennis.

• Moral codes, rules, regular

• Moral codes, simple, wagering

• Moral codes, unruly, violent

Explain how social and cultural factors influenced the characteristics of popular recreation in pre-industrial (pre-1780) Britain.

Describe the ways in which real tennis was different from most other popular recreations.

Explain how mob football reflected the characteristics of pre-industrial British society (pre-1780).

Explain how the two-tier class system influenced the nature of sporting recreation in pre-industrial society.