KIN 2501 TEST #1 LSU Dorothy Jacobsen
Exam with verified questions and
answers
What are sources of historical information? - -Primary sources and
secondary sources
- Where was the term "sport" first used? - -England (around 1440)
- Defintion of history - -the study of change, over time
- Interpretive historical research - -Explains the how and the why of events,
narrator's perspective
- Descriptive historical research - -Objective, detailed account of what
happened in the past, and provides the who, what, when, and where
- Where did the scholarly study of sport and physical education originate? -
-Greece
- What three linking pairs of ideas did the Greeks study about sports? - -
Diet/Exercise, exercise/health, mind/body
- 3 influences on Greek's study of sports (civilizations) - -Egyptians, the
people of Crete, Phoenicians (Middle East)
- Who carried athletic contests and games to mainland Greece? - -Merchant
sailors from distant lands
- Naturalistic idea of body - -Physical education and intellectual education
are neccessary
- Antinaturalistic idea of body - -Intellectual education is more important
than physical education
- Socrates - -left no written material
- Who formulated the philsophy of dualism? - -Socrates
- Dualism - -the separation of the mind and the body
- Who was Plato's mentor? - -Socrates
, - What did Plato argue? - -The harmonious relationship between the mind
and body (as opposed to Socrate's idea of separating the two)
- Who was Aristotle's mentor? - -Plato
- What did Aristotle found? - -The Lyceum (a school)
- What did Aristotle believe? - -A healthy mind/soul was dependent on a
healthy body
- Chronological order of the philosophers (3) - -Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
- Define athlete - -One who competes for a prize
- The Greek Ideal - -unity of "man of action" and "man of wisdom"
- Arete - -all-around physical, mental, and moral individual excellence one
strove for
- Stories that gave us insight into Ancient Greece (author: book 1, book 2) -
-Homer: Iliad, Odyssey
- What were the two important Greek city-states - -Sparta and Athens
- Sparta - -military, discipline-oriented society
- What was the Spartan education system focused on? - -Preperation of
boys for military
- What did Spartans prepare girls for? - -Being healthy to give birth to
healthy children, especially sons
- Athens - -embracers of the Greek ideal
- What was the Athenian education system focused on? - -The dual
emphasis on intelligence and physical education
- What were the four types of games in the Anicent Olympic Games? - -
Informal contests, funeral games, The Wreath games, and secular games
- Informal contests - -Between soldiers as they trained or waited for battle,
to pass time
- Funeral Games - -Well organized contests held by warriors after the
funeral of a man killed in battle
Exam with verified questions and
answers
What are sources of historical information? - -Primary sources and
secondary sources
- Where was the term "sport" first used? - -England (around 1440)
- Defintion of history - -the study of change, over time
- Interpretive historical research - -Explains the how and the why of events,
narrator's perspective
- Descriptive historical research - -Objective, detailed account of what
happened in the past, and provides the who, what, when, and where
- Where did the scholarly study of sport and physical education originate? -
-Greece
- What three linking pairs of ideas did the Greeks study about sports? - -
Diet/Exercise, exercise/health, mind/body
- 3 influences on Greek's study of sports (civilizations) - -Egyptians, the
people of Crete, Phoenicians (Middle East)
- Who carried athletic contests and games to mainland Greece? - -Merchant
sailors from distant lands
- Naturalistic idea of body - -Physical education and intellectual education
are neccessary
- Antinaturalistic idea of body - -Intellectual education is more important
than physical education
- Socrates - -left no written material
- Who formulated the philsophy of dualism? - -Socrates
- Dualism - -the separation of the mind and the body
- Who was Plato's mentor? - -Socrates
, - What did Plato argue? - -The harmonious relationship between the mind
and body (as opposed to Socrate's idea of separating the two)
- Who was Aristotle's mentor? - -Plato
- What did Aristotle found? - -The Lyceum (a school)
- What did Aristotle believe? - -A healthy mind/soul was dependent on a
healthy body
- Chronological order of the philosophers (3) - -Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
- Define athlete - -One who competes for a prize
- The Greek Ideal - -unity of "man of action" and "man of wisdom"
- Arete - -all-around physical, mental, and moral individual excellence one
strove for
- Stories that gave us insight into Ancient Greece (author: book 1, book 2) -
-Homer: Iliad, Odyssey
- What were the two important Greek city-states - -Sparta and Athens
- Sparta - -military, discipline-oriented society
- What was the Spartan education system focused on? - -Preperation of
boys for military
- What did Spartans prepare girls for? - -Being healthy to give birth to
healthy children, especially sons
- Athens - -embracers of the Greek ideal
- What was the Athenian education system focused on? - -The dual
emphasis on intelligence and physical education
- What were the four types of games in the Anicent Olympic Games? - -
Informal contests, funeral games, The Wreath games, and secular games
- Informal contests - -Between soldiers as they trained or waited for battle,
to pass time
- Funeral Games - -Well organized contests held by warriors after the
funeral of a man killed in battle
