AQA A-Level PE Timeline Quiz: 1780 - 1900

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

• Expansion of rural sports

• Introduction of professional sports leagues

• Increased leisure time for all classes

• Harsh factory conditions reduced leisure time

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

• Middle class

• Lower class

• Working class

• Upper class

What was the significance of the 1833 Factory Act?

• It reduced child labor hours, increasing leisure time

• It increased child labor hours

• It introduced professional sports

• It banned all forms of sport

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

• Secular Humanism

• Muscular Christianity

• Social Darwinism

• Rational Recreation

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

• William Wilberforce

• John Wesley

• Charles Darwin

• Thomas Arnold

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

• Introduction of the 8-hour workday

• Public holidays

• Saturday half-day

• Invention of the weekend

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

• They enabled inter-town and regional fixtures

• They had no impact on sports

• They were used for transporting sports equipment

• They limited travel for sports teams

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

• To encourage gambling

• To promote rational recreation

• To promote professional sports

• To ban sports

What was the significance of the 1866 national athletics championship?

• It was the first international sports event

• It allowed all classes to compete equally

• It set rules of amateurism excluding manual laborers

• It was the first professional sports league

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

• To merge with the Rugby Football Union

• To ban football

• To codify the rules of football

• To promote professional football