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Kines 100 Dyreson exam 2 Questions with
Answers (100% Correct Answers)
Polis Answer: A city-state in ancient Greece.
political forms Answer: a) democracy
b) aristocracy
c) oligarchy
d) monarchy
e) tyranny
Democracy Answer: A political system in which the supreme power lies in a
body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Aristocracy Answer: A government in which power is in the hands of a
hereditary ruling class or nobility
Oligarchy Answer: A government ruled by a few powerful people
monarchy Answer: A government ruled by a king or queen
tyranny Answer: Cruel and oppressive government or rule
- against constitution
what were the two most famous city states? Answer: Athens and Sparta
Athens vs. Sparta Answer: 1. Athens was the largest and wealthiest city-state
- Athens were wealthy tolerant and open to the world
- negative side of Athens was that it was corrupt because of openness and
wealth.
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2. Sparta was smaller and characterized on warfare and warriors
- closed and narrow minded keeping the rest of the world out
- dictatorship (military)
what was the building block of the polis? Answer: -the citizen of the city state
-the citizen-soldiers
-would drop their job to be in the military
the ancient Greek polis was:
A) the central unit of Greek political social life
b) the Pan-Hellenic union of all Greek city-states
c) always a democracy
d) all of the above
e) none of the above Answer: the central unit of Greek political life
The split between Athletics and Gymnastics in Ancient Greece Answer:
Gymnastics was the everyday practice and educational training of the body,
while athletics was the public, competitive display of that training in festivals
and games.
The question at the heart of the split: what is the best training to produce
citizen-soldiers? Answer: Athletics or gymnastics??? (answer in Plato)
Greek words related to athletics Answer: 1. Athlon: the prize for a contest
2. Athlos: a contest for a prize
3. Athlein: to compete in athletics
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4. Athlete
Greek words for Gymnastics Answer: 1. Gymos: unclad, naked
2. Gymnasien: to engage in gymnastics
3. Gymnasia: the building complex where one engaged in gymnastics
Greek words for education and children Answer: 1. paides: children
2. Paideia: the education of children, rearing an ideal citizen
3. Paidia: play
The Greeks focused on training at the young age: true or false Answer: True
what is the purpose of American physical education programs in the twenty-
first century?
a) to produce better athletes
b) to produce fitter recruits for the military
c) to insure the general health and fitness of the "average" American child
d) all of the above
e) none Answer: all of the above
Sparta: physical education of a warrior state Answer: a) from Greek athletic
power to rejecting Greek athletics
b) Spartan Communalism- society as a military unit
why did the citizen-soldiers of Sparta turn away from athletics and create the
most intense system of "gymnastics" in ancient Greece? Answer: because of
their focus on warfare and training soldiers
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Historically, Sparta has become a symbol for?
a) discipline and toughness
b) a society consumed by preparation for warfare
c) extremism and totalitarianism
d) all
e) none Answer: d) all
Summery of Sparta Answer: - A small city-sate focused on warfare
- men from a early age were recruited and trained in the military while women
were trained to be mothers of warriors and train their sons
- closed off to others (built walls)
- didn't take any outside idealisms
Athens - physical education for an affluent society Answer: A) The
development of the Athenian Ideal
- Democracy, Education, and "Gymnastics"
- Well educated warriors
b) sites for training the body and mind (for both athletes and citizen-soldiers)
- famous gymnasia
- the acadamy (plato)
- the Lyceum (Aristotle)
- the Cynasarges ( Metics)
In what sport did Plato make a name for himself as a solid athlete?
Kines 100 Dyreson exam 2 Questions with
Answers (100% Correct Answers)
Polis Answer: A city-state in ancient Greece.
political forms Answer: a) democracy
b) aristocracy
c) oligarchy
d) monarchy
e) tyranny
Democracy Answer: A political system in which the supreme power lies in a
body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
Aristocracy Answer: A government in which power is in the hands of a
hereditary ruling class or nobility
Oligarchy Answer: A government ruled by a few powerful people
monarchy Answer: A government ruled by a king or queen
tyranny Answer: Cruel and oppressive government or rule
- against constitution
what were the two most famous city states? Answer: Athens and Sparta
Athens vs. Sparta Answer: 1. Athens was the largest and wealthiest city-state
- Athens were wealthy tolerant and open to the world
- negative side of Athens was that it was corrupt because of openness and
wealth.
,2
2. Sparta was smaller and characterized on warfare and warriors
- closed and narrow minded keeping the rest of the world out
- dictatorship (military)
what was the building block of the polis? Answer: -the citizen of the city state
-the citizen-soldiers
-would drop their job to be in the military
the ancient Greek polis was:
A) the central unit of Greek political social life
b) the Pan-Hellenic union of all Greek city-states
c) always a democracy
d) all of the above
e) none of the above Answer: the central unit of Greek political life
The split between Athletics and Gymnastics in Ancient Greece Answer:
Gymnastics was the everyday practice and educational training of the body,
while athletics was the public, competitive display of that training in festivals
and games.
The question at the heart of the split: what is the best training to produce
citizen-soldiers? Answer: Athletics or gymnastics??? (answer in Plato)
Greek words related to athletics Answer: 1. Athlon: the prize for a contest
2. Athlos: a contest for a prize
3. Athlein: to compete in athletics
,3
4. Athlete
Greek words for Gymnastics Answer: 1. Gymos: unclad, naked
2. Gymnasien: to engage in gymnastics
3. Gymnasia: the building complex where one engaged in gymnastics
Greek words for education and children Answer: 1. paides: children
2. Paideia: the education of children, rearing an ideal citizen
3. Paidia: play
The Greeks focused on training at the young age: true or false Answer: True
what is the purpose of American physical education programs in the twenty-
first century?
a) to produce better athletes
b) to produce fitter recruits for the military
c) to insure the general health and fitness of the "average" American child
d) all of the above
e) none Answer: all of the above
Sparta: physical education of a warrior state Answer: a) from Greek athletic
power to rejecting Greek athletics
b) Spartan Communalism- society as a military unit
why did the citizen-soldiers of Sparta turn away from athletics and create the
most intense system of "gymnastics" in ancient Greece? Answer: because of
their focus on warfare and training soldiers
, 4
Historically, Sparta has become a symbol for?
a) discipline and toughness
b) a society consumed by preparation for warfare
c) extremism and totalitarianism
d) all
e) none Answer: d) all
Summery of Sparta Answer: - A small city-sate focused on warfare
- men from a early age were recruited and trained in the military while women
were trained to be mothers of warriors and train their sons
- closed off to others (built walls)
- didn't take any outside idealisms
Athens - physical education for an affluent society Answer: A) The
development of the Athenian Ideal
- Democracy, Education, and "Gymnastics"
- Well educated warriors
b) sites for training the body and mind (for both athletes and citizen-soldiers)
- famous gymnasia
- the acadamy (plato)
- the Lyceum (Aristotle)
- the Cynasarges ( Metics)
In what sport did Plato make a name for himself as a solid athlete?
