Chapter 1 History and Philosophy of Sport and
Physical Education (Chapter1-17)
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Chapter 1 History and Philosophy of Sport and Physical Education
Chapter 2 Sumer, Egypt, China, and Mesoamerica
Chapter 3 Greece
Chapter 4 Rome
Chapter 5 Philosophy, Sport, and Physical Education During the Middle
Ages: 900-1400
Chapter 6 The Renaissance and the Reformation: 1300-1600
Chapter 7 The Age of Science and the Enlightenment: 1560-1789
Chapter 8 Philosophical Positions of the Body and the Development of
Physical Education: Contributions of the Germans, Swedes, and Danes in
Nineteenth-Century Europe
Chapter 9 Sport in the Colonial Period
Chapter 10 Changing Concepts of the Body: An Overview of Sport and
Play in Nineteenth-Century America
Chapter 11 The Impact of Science and the Concept of Health on the
Theoretical and Professional Development of Physical Education: 1885-1930
Chapter 12 The Transformation of Physical Education: 1900-1939
Chapter 13 The Evolution of Physical Education: 1940 and Beyond
Chapter 14 Sport in the Twentieth Century
Chapter 15 Pioneers and Progress: 1896-1936
Chapter 16 The Cold War Olympics: 1948-1988
Chapter 17 After the Cold War: 1992-2018
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,1) Which of the following is true?
A) When describing the utility of history, philosopher George Santayana noted that progress
depends on our ability to remember history because those who cannot remember the past are
condemned to repeat it.
B) Legendary football coach Norman Cousins opined that history is not a credible repository of
human achievement and is of minimal utility when determining the progress, or lack of progress,
assigned to the human race.
C) The ancient Romans invented the concept of the athletic stadium. The Roman word for
stadium was stadion.
D) All of the answers are correct.
E) When describing the utility of history, philosopher George Santayana noted that progress
depends on our ability to remember history because those who cannot remember the past are
condemned to repeat it. The ancient Romans invented the concept of the athletic stadium. The
Roman word for stadium was stadion.
Answer: A
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2) Which of the following, if any, is true?
A) Sport was not very popular in antiquity because people in Rome would rather spend their free
time at the gambling parlors than at sporting events held in the Circus Maximus and similar
venues.
B) Racing syndicates that provided money, horses, and drivers for chariot races in Rome were
identified by the various breeds of horses that each syndicate favored. The Black syndicate relied
exclusively on stallions to pull their chariots while the Gold syndicate favored geldings.
C) Athletes of today would have much in common with the athletes of antiquity who, like today's
athletes, competed to achieve fame, fortune, and glory.
D) The "extreme sports" that have become so popular in the twenty-first century are as intense as
the competitions and athletic prowess of the ancients.
E) Sport was not very popular in antiquity because people in Rome would rather spend their free
time at the gambling parlors than at sporting events held in the Circus Maximus and similar
venues. Racing syndicates that provided money, horses, and drivers for chariot races in Rome
were identified by the various breeds of horses that each syndicate favored. The Black syndicate
relied exclusively on stallions to pull their chariots while the Gold syndicate favored geldings.
Answer: C
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, 3) Which of the following is false?
A) Ancient athletes rarely competed in similar sports that we do today.
B) By understanding how a culture plays, we can learn how that particular culture functions or
operates outside of sport and physical education.
C) According to Brian Sutton-Smith, play in the form of games and sport can be seen as serving
certain functions in a culture that he calls "buffered cultural learning."
D) Buffered cultural learning is defined as the means to learn necessary survival skills in a safe
environment as well as learning how to express specific cultural values such as teamwork and
discipline.
Answer: A
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4) Which of the following beliefs is attributed to the historian Jacques Barzun?
A) "Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball."
B) "The will to win is more important than achieving victory."
C) "The actual process of achievement is more indicative of American values than victories in
athletic competition."
D) "Athletic competition is the quintessential measure of an individual's character and integrity,
whether in antiquity or in the modern world."
Answer: A
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5) In reference to the term "sport," which of the following is false?
A) It was first used in England, circa A.D. 1440.
B) The etymology of the term "sport" comes from Greek and Latin.
C) Sport morphed from the French term de(s)porter, which meant to amuse oneself, to a term
that was used in England to refer to competition in the form of games, hunting, and individual
athletic exploits.
D) Its original meaning was "to elevate oneself."
Answer: B
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Physical Education (Chapter1-17)
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,Content
Chapter 1 History and Philosophy of Sport and Physical Education
Chapter 2 Sumer, Egypt, China, and Mesoamerica
Chapter 3 Greece
Chapter 4 Rome
Chapter 5 Philosophy, Sport, and Physical Education During the Middle
Ages: 900-1400
Chapter 6 The Renaissance and the Reformation: 1300-1600
Chapter 7 The Age of Science and the Enlightenment: 1560-1789
Chapter 8 Philosophical Positions of the Body and the Development of
Physical Education: Contributions of the Germans, Swedes, and Danes in
Nineteenth-Century Europe
Chapter 9 Sport in the Colonial Period
Chapter 10 Changing Concepts of the Body: An Overview of Sport and
Play in Nineteenth-Century America
Chapter 11 The Impact of Science and the Concept of Health on the
Theoretical and Professional Development of Physical Education: 1885-1930
Chapter 12 The Transformation of Physical Education: 1900-1939
Chapter 13 The Evolution of Physical Education: 1940 and Beyond
Chapter 14 Sport in the Twentieth Century
Chapter 15 Pioneers and Progress: 1896-1936
Chapter 16 The Cold War Olympics: 1948-1988
Chapter 17 After the Cold War: 1992-2018
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,1) Which of the following is true?
A) When describing the utility of history, philosopher George Santayana noted that progress
depends on our ability to remember history because those who cannot remember the past are
condemned to repeat it.
B) Legendary football coach Norman Cousins opined that history is not a credible repository of
human achievement and is of minimal utility when determining the progress, or lack of progress,
assigned to the human race.
C) The ancient Romans invented the concept of the athletic stadium. The Roman word for
stadium was stadion.
D) All of the answers are correct.
E) When describing the utility of history, philosopher George Santayana noted that progress
depends on our ability to remember history because those who cannot remember the past are
condemned to repeat it. The ancient Romans invented the concept of the athletic stadium. The
Roman word for stadium was stadion.
Answer: A
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2) Which of the following, if any, is true?
A) Sport was not very popular in antiquity because people in Rome would rather spend their free
time at the gambling parlors than at sporting events held in the Circus Maximus and similar
venues.
B) Racing syndicates that provided money, horses, and drivers for chariot races in Rome were
identified by the various breeds of horses that each syndicate favored. The Black syndicate relied
exclusively on stallions to pull their chariots while the Gold syndicate favored geldings.
C) Athletes of today would have much in common with the athletes of antiquity who, like today's
athletes, competed to achieve fame, fortune, and glory.
D) The "extreme sports" that have become so popular in the twenty-first century are as intense as
the competitions and athletic prowess of the ancients.
E) Sport was not very popular in antiquity because people in Rome would rather spend their free
time at the gambling parlors than at sporting events held in the Circus Maximus and similar
venues. Racing syndicates that provided money, horses, and drivers for chariot races in Rome
were identified by the various breeds of horses that each syndicate favored. The Black syndicate
relied exclusively on stallions to pull their chariots while the Gold syndicate favored geldings.
Answer: C
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, 3) Which of the following is false?
A) Ancient athletes rarely competed in similar sports that we do today.
B) By understanding how a culture plays, we can learn how that particular culture functions or
operates outside of sport and physical education.
C) According to Brian Sutton-Smith, play in the form of games and sport can be seen as serving
certain functions in a culture that he calls "buffered cultural learning."
D) Buffered cultural learning is defined as the means to learn necessary survival skills in a safe
environment as well as learning how to express specific cultural values such as teamwork and
discipline.
Answer: A
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4) Which of the following beliefs is attributed to the historian Jacques Barzun?
A) "Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball."
B) "The will to win is more important than achieving victory."
C) "The actual process of achievement is more indicative of American values than victories in
athletic competition."
D) "Athletic competition is the quintessential measure of an individual's character and integrity,
whether in antiquity or in the modern world."
Answer: A
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5) In reference to the term "sport," which of the following is false?
A) It was first used in England, circa A.D. 1440.
B) The etymology of the term "sport" comes from Greek and Latin.
C) Sport morphed from the French term de(s)porter, which meant to amuse oneself, to a term
that was used in England to refer to competition in the form of games, hunting, and individual
athletic exploits.
D) Its original meaning was "to elevate oneself."
Answer: B
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