KNS 200 Exam 1 Question and
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why do we study the history of kinesiology? - correct answer ✔-most societies in the world include
organized play, sport, and exercise
-society influences physical activity
-a collective, documented "memory" provides reason and insight, which guides actions intelligence
pre-1840 - correct answer ✔Native American sport/games and influence of European colonizers and
Puritan leaders of the original 13 colonies
1899 - correct answer ✔-On Physical Training (Edward Hartwell)
-Influence of westward expansion and industrialization
1917 - correct answer ✔The Rise of Sport (Frederic Paxon) - connects societal events to sport
1920s-1930s - correct answer ✔-growth in publications (textbooks and scientific journals) for physical
education
-evidence that ⅓ of WW2 draftees were unfit to serve
-Seward Staley suggests inclusion of sport history (prominence in professional basketball and American
football; lacking opportunities for girls and women)
1956 - correct answer ✔President's Council on Physical Fitness (President Eisenhower) - President's
cardiac rehabilitation included a relatively novel component; European kids were more fit than US kids
1970s - correct answer ✔-increased public interest in jogging, aerobics exercise, and fitness clubs
-Title IX approved by US Congress (equal opportunity for men and women in education - including sport)
, 2008 - correct answer ✔first publication of the evidence-based Physical Activity Guidelines for
Americans
2019 to current - correct answer ✔COVID-19 pandemic
biomechanics - correct answer ✔application of natural laws (physics, math) to investigate the structure
and function of living organisms; contributions of Middle Eastern, African, Near Eastern, Asian, and
Greco-Roman civilizations from thousands of years ago
biomechanics - 1400s to 1600s - correct answer ✔renewed interest during Renaissance in Europe
biomechanics - 1890s to 1930s - correct answer ✔"efficiency movement"
biomechanics - 1923 - correct answer ✔formal training in biomechanics for dance and physical
educators
biomechanics - 1960s - correct answer ✔biomechanics as a scholarly area
biomechanics - 1980s - correct answer ✔introduction of low-cost computer tech
biomechanics - Rene Decartes - correct answer ✔perception of human body as a machine
biomechanics - Giovanni Alfonso Borelli - correct answer ✔founder of biomechanics; understood
muscles used leverage to exert movement; discovered calculations to understand bodily forces
biomechanics - Frederick Winslow Taylor - correct answer ✔efficiency movement; scientific study of
human motion and time requirements for work tasks; proposed principals for production efficiency
answers rated A+ 2025/2026
why do we study the history of kinesiology? - correct answer ✔-most societies in the world include
organized play, sport, and exercise
-society influences physical activity
-a collective, documented "memory" provides reason and insight, which guides actions intelligence
pre-1840 - correct answer ✔Native American sport/games and influence of European colonizers and
Puritan leaders of the original 13 colonies
1899 - correct answer ✔-On Physical Training (Edward Hartwell)
-Influence of westward expansion and industrialization
1917 - correct answer ✔The Rise of Sport (Frederic Paxon) - connects societal events to sport
1920s-1930s - correct answer ✔-growth in publications (textbooks and scientific journals) for physical
education
-evidence that ⅓ of WW2 draftees were unfit to serve
-Seward Staley suggests inclusion of sport history (prominence in professional basketball and American
football; lacking opportunities for girls and women)
1956 - correct answer ✔President's Council on Physical Fitness (President Eisenhower) - President's
cardiac rehabilitation included a relatively novel component; European kids were more fit than US kids
1970s - correct answer ✔-increased public interest in jogging, aerobics exercise, and fitness clubs
-Title IX approved by US Congress (equal opportunity for men and women in education - including sport)
, 2008 - correct answer ✔first publication of the evidence-based Physical Activity Guidelines for
Americans
2019 to current - correct answer ✔COVID-19 pandemic
biomechanics - correct answer ✔application of natural laws (physics, math) to investigate the structure
and function of living organisms; contributions of Middle Eastern, African, Near Eastern, Asian, and
Greco-Roman civilizations from thousands of years ago
biomechanics - 1400s to 1600s - correct answer ✔renewed interest during Renaissance in Europe
biomechanics - 1890s to 1930s - correct answer ✔"efficiency movement"
biomechanics - 1923 - correct answer ✔formal training in biomechanics for dance and physical
educators
biomechanics - 1960s - correct answer ✔biomechanics as a scholarly area
biomechanics - 1980s - correct answer ✔introduction of low-cost computer tech
biomechanics - Rene Decartes - correct answer ✔perception of human body as a machine
biomechanics - Giovanni Alfonso Borelli - correct answer ✔founder of biomechanics; understood
muscles used leverage to exert movement; discovered calculations to understand bodily forces
biomechanics - Frederick Winslow Taylor - correct answer ✔efficiency movement; scientific study of
human motion and time requirements for work tasks; proposed principals for production efficiency
