quiz #1

Question 1

When did pre-agricultural societies occur?

Answer 1

10 000 - 9 000 BCE

Question 2

why were pre-agricultural societies staying active?

Answer 2

They had to be physically active to stay alive. (run for your life)

Question 3

was there structure in primal fitness?

Answer 3

No, they were only running, hunting… no strict, life instinct

Question 4

what is Darwinism

Answer 4

the theory of the evolution of species by natural selection

Question 5

when did training to kill occur

Answer 5

4 000 BCE - 476 AD

Question 6

what was the first olympic event

Answer 6

200 yard dash (nude) called stade

Question 7

what is special about the ancient greeks and sports

Answer 7

they were the first population to do it for the physical and mental benefits.

Question 8

when and where did the first Olympic Games occur

Answer 8

Athens in 776 BCE

Question 9

what sports came to the olympics after stade

Answer 9

discus, wrestling, boxing, long jump, javelin…

Question 10

Roman Empire

Answer 10

50 BCE - 500 CE

Question 11

what type of sports did the Roman Empire favour for the continuity of the olympics ?

Answer 11

brutal sporting events like gladiator combat

Question 12

did they olympic games ever disappear ?

Answer 12

yes, when the Roman Empire declined.

Question 13

When did the modern olympic revival occur?

Answer 13

1896

Question 14

the dark age

Answer 14

476 AD - 1 300 AD

Question 15

the renaissance

Answer 15

1300 - 1600

Question 16

what marked the renaissance a important in sports

Answer 16

a revival of interest in greek and roman culture

Question 17

during what period did the studies of human anatomy and physiology intensify ?

Answer 17

the renaissance

Question 18

when was the first childhood physical education class

Answer 18

1420

Question 19

industrial revolution and victorian era

Answer 19

1750-1850

Question 20

what economy shift happened around the 1750s

Answer 20

rural agrarian economies shifted to urban based manufacturing economies

Question 21

what major advancement happened for spectator sports during the industrial revolution/ victorian era

Answer 21

time limits and rules were set to accommodate worker’s schedule

Question 22

what was the victorian ideal of amateurism

Answer 22

excluded women, people of colour and lower classes (sports were only for rich white men)

Question 23

what school system instaured phys ed first

Answer 23

the British because sports built character and it was viewed as vital to a young withe man’s privileged education.

Question 24

who brought their sports to the British colonies

Answer 24

victorian young men

Question 25

fitness boom and nationalism

Answer 25

1850 AD - 1900

Question 26

what are the arctic winter games

Answer 26

a high profile sport competition for northern and arctic athletes that is held every 2 years

Question 27

what were the Olympic Games suppose to promote when they came back

Answer 27

the ideal of a sound mind in a healthy body and to toughen up young French men for combat

Question 28

who could compete in the olympics before

Answer 28

European men

Question 29

what is the olympic charter

Answer 29

it details the goals of the olympic movement

Question 30

what is the olympic movement

Answer 30

it promotes values such as peace, tolerance, international understanding and amateurism

Question 31

what has the goal of the olympic movement evolved to

Answer 31

create a better world by educating through sports without discrimination

Question 32

what is the connection between nationalism and the olympics

Answer 32

hosting the Olympic Games leads to a surge of nationalistic fervour

Question 33

first Winter Olympics

Answer 33

1924

Question 34

difference between Paralympics and special olympics

Answer 34

physical disabilities vs intellectual disabilities

Question 35

how were professional teams born

Answer 35

when teams started paying their athletes to retain them full time and motivate them

Question 36

what is title IX

Answer 36

a section of the US educational Amendements Legislation that prohibits any kind of gender discrimination in schools.

Question 37

when was title IX passed

Answer 37

in 1972

Question 38

first year where women were allowed to compete in all olympic sports

Answer 38

2012

Question 39

non-white participation was banned until

Answer 39

1990

Question 40

what is the role of sports canada

Answer 40

develop sport policies and provide funding for sports programs

Question 41

what is participation

Answer 41

was created in 1971 to encourage Canadians to be more active on a daily basis

Question 42

what is cs4l

Answer 42

it promotes physical activity and sports that focus on developmental age rather than chronological age

Question 43

what is coc

Answer 43

Canadian olympic committee 1907

Question 44

what is own the podium

Answer 44

an initiative to deliver more olympic and Paralympic medals to Canadians