KIN 2501 Jacobsen Exam 2 |100
Questions with verified Answers
Baggataway - -lacrosse
- Shinny - -Field Hockey
- Native Americans had _____ as source of motivation and pride and
prepared them for battles - -footraces
- Kicked ball along 25 mile course - -Sacred Ball Race
- No play on Sunday, devoted to religion, high moral character - -Puritan
Work Ethic
- - Puritan Work Ethic
- Prohibited sledding, football, dancing, swimming, ninepins, and shuffle
boarding
- Thought sports were sinful
- Primary Motivation for physical activity
- Strong desire to set up schools
- Games for children had moral teachings - -Massachusetts (Pilgrims)
- First public school for children in the US - -Boston Latin School
- First university in the US - -Harvard
- - Led by Dutch and Germans
- Good food, drink, and gambling
- Bowling (ninepins), tennis, cricket, horse racing, ice skating
- Center of sport - -New York (New Amsterdam)
- Who organized the first formal horse race? - -Governor of New York
- Rope between two buildings in center of town and tie goose on a string
and were on horseback and tried to pull the goose from the rope - -Pulling
the Goose
- Ball thrown down an alley - -Skittles
- Why was nine pins banned in some places? - -Gambling
- How did they get around the ban on ninepins? - -Added another pin and
created bowling
, - - Came in search of religious freedom
- Quakers: Society of Friends (William Penn)
- Banned Sunday amusements
- Peace-loving: ice skate, swim, hunt, and fish
- Welcomed settlers from several European countries (Sweden, Germany,
France, Scotland, Ireland) - -Pennsylvania
- - Considered leading colony
- Economic opportunity rather than religious freedom
- Sought anything that benefitted aristocratic status
- Tobacco main crop
-Fox hunting, horse racing, golf, lawn bowling, and dancing - -Southern
Colonies (Virginia)
- - Social center of town
- Animal baiting, cockfighting, billiards, darts, dice
- Betting - -Taverns
- What was Ben Franklin a proponent of? - -Swimming
- - Popular in established cities
- Gambling made it controversial
- Banned in northern cities because of gambling - -Horse racing
- What city built the National Race Course? - -Washington D.C.
- What was Tom Molineaux accused of hiding in his hands? - -Weights
- What sport had nicknames of goal ball, rounders, and town ball? - -
Baseball
- Who played the first official game of baseball? - -Alexander Cartwright
- What was the name of the first field where baseball was played? - -Elysian
Fields
- Who was the first person to throw an overhand pitch? - -Candy Cummings
- Who played in the first collegiate baseball game - -Amherst and Williams
- What was baseball known as? - -The National Pastime
- Who created basketball? - -James Naismith
- What did they use as hoops at first? - -Peach baskets
Questions with verified Answers
Baggataway - -lacrosse
- Shinny - -Field Hockey
- Native Americans had _____ as source of motivation and pride and
prepared them for battles - -footraces
- Kicked ball along 25 mile course - -Sacred Ball Race
- No play on Sunday, devoted to religion, high moral character - -Puritan
Work Ethic
- - Puritan Work Ethic
- Prohibited sledding, football, dancing, swimming, ninepins, and shuffle
boarding
- Thought sports were sinful
- Primary Motivation for physical activity
- Strong desire to set up schools
- Games for children had moral teachings - -Massachusetts (Pilgrims)
- First public school for children in the US - -Boston Latin School
- First university in the US - -Harvard
- - Led by Dutch and Germans
- Good food, drink, and gambling
- Bowling (ninepins), tennis, cricket, horse racing, ice skating
- Center of sport - -New York (New Amsterdam)
- Who organized the first formal horse race? - -Governor of New York
- Rope between two buildings in center of town and tie goose on a string
and were on horseback and tried to pull the goose from the rope - -Pulling
the Goose
- Ball thrown down an alley - -Skittles
- Why was nine pins banned in some places? - -Gambling
- How did they get around the ban on ninepins? - -Added another pin and
created bowling
, - - Came in search of religious freedom
- Quakers: Society of Friends (William Penn)
- Banned Sunday amusements
- Peace-loving: ice skate, swim, hunt, and fish
- Welcomed settlers from several European countries (Sweden, Germany,
France, Scotland, Ireland) - -Pennsylvania
- - Considered leading colony
- Economic opportunity rather than religious freedom
- Sought anything that benefitted aristocratic status
- Tobacco main crop
-Fox hunting, horse racing, golf, lawn bowling, and dancing - -Southern
Colonies (Virginia)
- - Social center of town
- Animal baiting, cockfighting, billiards, darts, dice
- Betting - -Taverns
- What was Ben Franklin a proponent of? - -Swimming
- - Popular in established cities
- Gambling made it controversial
- Banned in northern cities because of gambling - -Horse racing
- What city built the National Race Course? - -Washington D.C.
- What was Tom Molineaux accused of hiding in his hands? - -Weights
- What sport had nicknames of goal ball, rounders, and town ball? - -
Baseball
- Who played the first official game of baseball? - -Alexander Cartwright
- What was the name of the first field where baseball was played? - -Elysian
Fields
- Who was the first person to throw an overhand pitch? - -Candy Cummings
- Who played in the first collegiate baseball game - -Amherst and Williams
- What was baseball known as? - -The National Pastime
- Who created basketball? - -James Naismith
- What did they use as hoops at first? - -Peach baskets
