KIN 2501 Jacobsen Exam 1 UPDATED
Questions and CORRECT Answers
776 BC - 400 AD - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- When did the ancient games take place?
Ancient Greece - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- fatherland of modern sports
Ancient Greece - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- extremely advanced society; first dominant
culture in Europe
Agonistics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- greek term; describe highly organized and
sophisticated program of competitive sports
gymanstics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- agonistics were part of this type of physical
training, where they performed in the nude
Trojan war - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- What was the theme of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
Homer - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Whose famous works describe sport in Ancient Greece?
Iliad - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- funeral games of Patroclus; about trojan war; detailed
account of chariot races, boxing, wrestling, running, discus., javelin throwing, and archery
funeral games - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- held events here (boxing, foot races, duels);
honor a man killed in battle
By Homer in the Book XXIII of the Iliad - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Where was the best
known funeral game described?
Odyssey - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- describes sporting activities held in honor of Odysseus
who triumphs over foes through intelligence rather than strength
, Odyssey - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- based on Odysseus adventures after returning home
from the Trojan war
The Greeks - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- first to organize and make rules for games,
developed the gymnasium, developed the first training methods, wrote first code of
sportsmanship and standards for fair play, and reason for Olympic games
Athlete - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Greeks thought of it to be one who competed for a
prize
Greek Ideal - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- unity of "man of action" and "man of wisdom";
unity of mind and body
Arete - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- all around physical, mental, moral excellence one strove
for; greek term that embodies the cultural ideal of excellence
Sparta - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- military disciplined society
Spartans - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- excellence in pre-military education and training
* Boys and girls do physical training
* Began training for strong, healthy bodies at 6 or 7
* Physical fitness (in war they used spears → practiced this in training)
* Girls were supervised by women to be mothers & bear children
*Boys competed in swimming, jumping and boxing
*Girls competed in running and jumping - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- What are the
characteristics of training?
Egyptians, the people of Crete, and possibly the Phoenicians (Middle East) - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Who influenced the Ancient Greeks?
Naturalistic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Man should have a balanced program - harmonious
balance among spiritual, intellectual and physical; both physical education and intelligence
Questions and CORRECT Answers
776 BC - 400 AD - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- When did the ancient games take place?
Ancient Greece - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- fatherland of modern sports
Ancient Greece - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- extremely advanced society; first dominant
culture in Europe
Agonistics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- greek term; describe highly organized and
sophisticated program of competitive sports
gymanstics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- agonistics were part of this type of physical
training, where they performed in the nude
Trojan war - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- What was the theme of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
Homer - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Whose famous works describe sport in Ancient Greece?
Iliad - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- funeral games of Patroclus; about trojan war; detailed
account of chariot races, boxing, wrestling, running, discus., javelin throwing, and archery
funeral games - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- held events here (boxing, foot races, duels);
honor a man killed in battle
By Homer in the Book XXIII of the Iliad - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Where was the best
known funeral game described?
Odyssey - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- describes sporting activities held in honor of Odysseus
who triumphs over foes through intelligence rather than strength
, Odyssey - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- based on Odysseus adventures after returning home
from the Trojan war
The Greeks - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- first to organize and make rules for games,
developed the gymnasium, developed the first training methods, wrote first code of
sportsmanship and standards for fair play, and reason for Olympic games
Athlete - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Greeks thought of it to be one who competed for a
prize
Greek Ideal - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- unity of "man of action" and "man of wisdom";
unity of mind and body
Arete - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- all around physical, mental, moral excellence one strove
for; greek term that embodies the cultural ideal of excellence
Sparta - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- military disciplined society
Spartans - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- excellence in pre-military education and training
* Boys and girls do physical training
* Began training for strong, healthy bodies at 6 or 7
* Physical fitness (in war they used spears → practiced this in training)
* Girls were supervised by women to be mothers & bear children
*Boys competed in swimming, jumping and boxing
*Girls competed in running and jumping - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- What are the
characteristics of training?
Egyptians, the people of Crete, and possibly the Phoenicians (Middle East) - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Who influenced the Ancient Greeks?
Naturalistic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Man should have a balanced program - harmonious
balance among spiritual, intellectual and physical; both physical education and intelligence
