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AQA A-Level PE Timeline Quiz: 1780 - 1900

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was a significant impact of the early industrial period on sport?

a)

Expansion of rural sports

b)

Introduction of professional sports leagues

c)

Increased leisure time for all classes

d)

Harsh factory conditions reduced leisure time

2.

Which class maintained exclusive access to country pursuits during the early industrial period?

a)

Middle class

b)

Lower class

c)

Working class

d)

Upper class

3.

What was the significance of the 1833 Factory Act?

a)

It reduced child labor hours, increasing leisure time

b)

It increased child labor hours

c)

It introduced professional sports

d)

It banned all forms of sport

4.

What philosophy was associated with public schools in the 1840s-1850s?

a)

Secular Humanism

b)

Muscular Christianity

c)

Social Darwinism

d)

Rational Recreation

5.

Who was a key figure in promoting team games as part of moral education?

a)

William Wilberforce

b)

John Wesley

c)

Charles Darwin

d)

Thomas Arnold

6.

What development in the 1850s-1870s increased the time available for sport?

a)

Introduction of the 8-hour workday

b)

Public holidays

c)

Saturday half-day

d)

Invention of the weekend

7.

What was the role of railways in the development of sport?

a)

They enabled inter-town and regional fixtures

b)

They had no impact on sports

c)

They were used for transporting sports equipment

d)

They limited travel for sports teams

8.

What was the purpose of the YMCA and church teams in the 1850s-1870s?

a)

To encourage gambling

b)

To promote rational recreation

c)

To promote professional sports

d)

To ban sports

9.

What was the significance of the 1866 national athletics championship?

a)

It was the first international sports event

b)

It allowed all classes to compete equally

c)

It set rules of amateurism excluding manual laborers

d)

It was the first professional sports league

10.

What was the main reason for the formation of the Football Association in 1863?

a)

To merge with the Rugby Football Union

b)

To ban football

c)

To codify the rules of football

d)

To promote professional football

11.

What was the impact of the 1870 Education Act on physical education?

a)

It had no impact on physical education

b)

It banned physical education in schools

c)

It introduced drill into PE, establishing physical activity in schools

d)

It made sports compulsory in all schools

12.

What was a key development in public reform and mass sport in the 1870s-1890s?

a)

Ban on all forms of sport

b)

Development of public parks, gymnasiums, and swimming baths

c)

Introduction of professional sports leagues

d)

Privatization of sports facilities

13.

What was the role of the Amateur Athletic Association formed in 1880?

a)

To ban athletics

b)

To merge with the Football Association

c)

To replace the AAC as the official athletics NGB

d)

To promote professional athletics

14.

What was a major controversy in athletics during the late 19th century?

a)

The banning of all athletics events

b)

The debate over professionalism in athletics

c)

The introduction of new sports

d)

The inclusion of women in athletics

15.

What was the impact of the Public Health Acts on sport?

a)

They had no impact on sport

b)

They introduced professional sports leagues

c)

They promoted health, morality, and productivity through sport

d)

They banned all sports