QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FIRM A+
✔✔2 years - ✔✔________ into his term, Caesar was appointed king for life.
✔✔gladiators - ✔✔A lot of sport and sport management began with the ________.
✔✔Colosseum, Circus Maximus - ✔✔2 of the biggest structures Rome had built at that
time
✔✔Colosseum - ✔✔gladiator contests held here in Rome
✔✔Circus Maximus - ✔✔chariot races held here in Rome
✔✔300000 - ✔✔How many seats did the Circus Maximus have?
✔✔gladius - ✔✔weapon used by Romans, where term gladiator comes from
✔✔gladiator contest - ✔✔2 slaves would fight to death at the funeral of a man
✔✔Caesar - ✔✔hosted event with 300 pairs of gladiators
✔✔Trajan - ✔✔hosted event with 5,000 pairs of gladiators
✔✔shows with gladiators - ✔✔preferred vehicle to gain public support and political
influence in Rome
✔✔slaves - ✔✔Most gladiators were ________.
✔✔lanista - ✔✔people who "owned" and trained gladiators
✔✔ludus - ✔✔special schools ran by lanista
✔✔familia - ✔✔term for teams that gladiators were trained in
✔✔Hercules - ✔✔god that familia worshiped after forming their own society and "cult"
✔✔30 - ✔✔Gladiators didn't usually live past the age of ________.
✔✔bestiarii - ✔✔animal/beast fights, animals fighting animals
✔✔bestiarii - ✔✔lowest in status of fights
, ✔✔bestiarii - ✔✔fight that happened in the morning in Rome
✔✔executions - ✔✔fight that happened at noontime in Rome
✔✔gladiator fights - ✔✔fight that happened in the afternoon in Rome
✔✔retiarius - ✔✔used net to trip up or trap opponent, injured opponent with a trident
✔✔samnites - ✔✔wore helmets, had a visor, carried oblong shields that helped
cover/protect bodies, had short swords
✔✔thracians - ✔✔used curved daggers, carried small round shields
✔✔Spartacus - ✔✔Who was the most famous thracian?
✔✔immigrant - ✔✔settler from Europe, brought exercise and sport
✔✔homogenous community - ✔✔all settlers form a specific culture group together and
live together
✔✔clean, dirty - ✔✔Amateur sport was considered ________. Professional sport was
considered ________.
✔✔lower - ✔✔Boxing, cockfighting, and soccer were considered sports for the
________ class.
✔✔upper - ✔✔Cricket, rugby, hockey, and any team sport that was popularized at
private boarding schools for boys were considered sports for the ________ class.
✔✔scholastic - ✔✔Track, field hockey, rugby, and cricket were considered ________
sports.
✔✔amateur - ✔✔played sport for the sake of playing the game
✔✔professional - ✔✔played sport for money or glory
✔✔Thomas Hughes - ✔✔Who wrote "Tom Brown School Days"?
✔✔Tom Brown School Days - ✔✔book that legitimized sports building character idea
because the British had colonies all over the world
✔✔Mary Queen of Scots, Catherine of Eragon - ✔✔Who were 2 people who played
golf?