Test 1.1 Flashcards
(26 cards)
What were the basic characteristics of traditional sports
- scared
- martial
- local
- durable
- unequal
What does scared mean
Religious practice
How long did the games that ancients people play last
100-1000s of years
Yea or No
Were the games in ancient times fair or equal
No
What was the biggest change in human history
Invention of agriculture
What does Neolithic mean
New stone
People shifted from a nomadic culture to what?
Sedentary (lived in one place)
The ancient Greeks work agen, the root of the modern English work agony, meant what in Greece
The pain and struggle inherent in combat and athletic contest
The Ancient Greek record in the long jump held by Phallyus of Crotona is how many feet
55 ft
What is the world record in modern long jump today?
About 31 ft
During the sedentary period people shifted from hunting and gathering to what?
Domestication of plants and animals
What were some characteristic of the “Rise of a Civilization”
- record keeping and writing
- food surpluses and trade/commerce
- new forms of social and political organization
Where were the centers of human civilizations located
West Africa Indus valleys of India Northeastern china Mesoamerica Peru
What does equalitarian mean
More equality
What is arête
The effort to strive for greatness and prove your honor in combat and athletic contest
What is aristoi
People who are elite or upper-class in athletics
What is hubris
Excessive pride
Who was the first person to discover Troy
Heinrich Schliemann
When was the odyssey written
725 BCE
What is athlos
Is a contest for a prize
What is Athlon
A prize someone won in contest
What did Greeks consider themselves as
Hellas because the settled in Hellenes
What is it called for writing written on stone
Pedi graph
When were the Minoans and Mycenaeans
3000-1100 BCE
