KIN 2501 JACOBSEN ALL ACTUAL UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS FIRM A+
✔✔Egyptians, Crete, Phoenicians - ✔✔The influence for the Greeks' willingness to
embrace athletic competitions and intellectual development came from ________, the
people of ________, and possibly the ________.
✔✔merchant sailors from distant lands - ✔✔Various athletic contests and games were
carried to mainland Greece by ________.
✔✔YMCA - ✔✔The ________ carries volleyball and basketball all over the world.
✔✔naturalistic, antinaturalistic - ✔✔What are the 2 opposing ideas of ancient Greek
thought?
✔✔Greeks - ✔✔________ loved their bodies and loved to show them off.
✔✔naturalistic - ✔✔man should have a balanced program-harmonious balance among
spiritual, intellectual, and physical; both physical education and intellectual education
should be incorporated
✔✔antinaturalistic - ✔✔held that physical education was a servant to the intellectual
process-held the mind in higher esteem than the body
✔✔Plato, Socrates, Aristotle - ✔✔Who were 3 contributors to modern Western
thought/society?
✔✔athlos - ✔✔contest
✔✔athlon - ✔✔prize
✔✔athleticism - ✔✔Greeks valued ________.
✔✔ancient Greece - ✔✔What was the first dominant culture in Europe?
✔✔athlete - ✔✔one who competes for a prize
✔✔Greek ideal - ✔✔unity of "man of action" and "man of wisdom"
✔✔arete - ✔✔all-around physical, mental, moral individual excellence one strove for
✔✔individuals - ✔✔Aretes thought competitions were for ________.
, ✔✔Illiad - ✔✔story of Trojan war that lasted for 10 years; king of Sparta's wife was
kidnapped; war between Greece and Trojans
✔✔Petrocleus - ✔✔In the Illiad, there are games (chariot races, boxing, foot races,
javelin, dual with spears) at a funeral held for ________.
✔✔funeral games - ✔✔honored the deceased, gods, and goddesses
✔✔Odyssey - ✔✔Odysseus is returning from the war and throws discus to demonstrate
how great he is; he was challenged on his return home to prove his greatness
✔✔Sparta, Athens - ✔✔What were the 2 most important Greek city-states?
✔✔Sparta - ✔✔city-state whose military, discipline-oriented society; primary purpose
was to rule all of Greece
✔✔to be a warrior - ✔✔What was Spartan citizens' one goal in life?
✔✔7 - ✔✔At what age did the Spartans begin training their children to become
warriors?
✔✔ephors - ✔✔In Sparta, boys were tested and evaluated by ________.
✔✔the city-state - ✔✔Who ran Sparta's educational system?
✔✔left to die - ✔✔When evaluated at birth, what did Spartans do to children who were
not physically sufficient?
✔✔Sparta - ✔✔Which Greek city-state's soldiers were very fit and dominated the
Olympics?
✔✔Athens - ✔✔Which Greek city-state was an embracer of the Greek ideal?
✔✔Athens - ✔✔Which Greek city-state was immersed in culture and architecture?
✔✔Sparta - ✔✔Which Greek city-state's education was entirely composed of physical
education?
✔✔Athens - ✔✔Which Greek city-state was home to philosophers and had an
advanced democracy?
✔✔Athens - ✔✔Which Greek city-state's education was only for upper class boys who
attended private schools beginning at age 7?
AND ANSWERS FIRM A+
✔✔Egyptians, Crete, Phoenicians - ✔✔The influence for the Greeks' willingness to
embrace athletic competitions and intellectual development came from ________, the
people of ________, and possibly the ________.
✔✔merchant sailors from distant lands - ✔✔Various athletic contests and games were
carried to mainland Greece by ________.
✔✔YMCA - ✔✔The ________ carries volleyball and basketball all over the world.
✔✔naturalistic, antinaturalistic - ✔✔What are the 2 opposing ideas of ancient Greek
thought?
✔✔Greeks - ✔✔________ loved their bodies and loved to show them off.
✔✔naturalistic - ✔✔man should have a balanced program-harmonious balance among
spiritual, intellectual, and physical; both physical education and intellectual education
should be incorporated
✔✔antinaturalistic - ✔✔held that physical education was a servant to the intellectual
process-held the mind in higher esteem than the body
✔✔Plato, Socrates, Aristotle - ✔✔Who were 3 contributors to modern Western
thought/society?
✔✔athlos - ✔✔contest
✔✔athlon - ✔✔prize
✔✔athleticism - ✔✔Greeks valued ________.
✔✔ancient Greece - ✔✔What was the first dominant culture in Europe?
✔✔athlete - ✔✔one who competes for a prize
✔✔Greek ideal - ✔✔unity of "man of action" and "man of wisdom"
✔✔arete - ✔✔all-around physical, mental, moral individual excellence one strove for
✔✔individuals - ✔✔Aretes thought competitions were for ________.
, ✔✔Illiad - ✔✔story of Trojan war that lasted for 10 years; king of Sparta's wife was
kidnapped; war between Greece and Trojans
✔✔Petrocleus - ✔✔In the Illiad, there are games (chariot races, boxing, foot races,
javelin, dual with spears) at a funeral held for ________.
✔✔funeral games - ✔✔honored the deceased, gods, and goddesses
✔✔Odyssey - ✔✔Odysseus is returning from the war and throws discus to demonstrate
how great he is; he was challenged on his return home to prove his greatness
✔✔Sparta, Athens - ✔✔What were the 2 most important Greek city-states?
✔✔Sparta - ✔✔city-state whose military, discipline-oriented society; primary purpose
was to rule all of Greece
✔✔to be a warrior - ✔✔What was Spartan citizens' one goal in life?
✔✔7 - ✔✔At what age did the Spartans begin training their children to become
warriors?
✔✔ephors - ✔✔In Sparta, boys were tested and evaluated by ________.
✔✔the city-state - ✔✔Who ran Sparta's educational system?
✔✔left to die - ✔✔When evaluated at birth, what did Spartans do to children who were
not physically sufficient?
✔✔Sparta - ✔✔Which Greek city-state's soldiers were very fit and dominated the
Olympics?
✔✔Athens - ✔✔Which Greek city-state was an embracer of the Greek ideal?
✔✔Athens - ✔✔Which Greek city-state was immersed in culture and architecture?
✔✔Sparta - ✔✔Which Greek city-state's education was entirely composed of physical
education?
✔✔Athens - ✔✔Which Greek city-state was home to philosophers and had an
advanced democracy?
✔✔Athens - ✔✔Which Greek city-state's education was only for upper class boys who
attended private schools beginning at age 7?
