History Of Physical Education

Question 1

Survival was the basic aim of education in this era

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Primitive times and survival sport

Question 2

Early versions of soccer, wrestling, archery were evident in their history

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Ancient china

Question 3

This was one of the earliest cultures to provide women with equal opportunities

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Ancient Egypt

Question 4

Primarily a military focus in the culture

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Ancient Middle East

Question 5

• early accounts suggest that games were religious activities that surrounded funeral rites
• foot racing boxing, wrestling and chariot races where the common forms of competition
• physical education was geared toward the use of weapons and hand to hand combat techniques

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Ancient Greece

Question 6

Spartan culture and life was primarily military in nature

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Spartan education

Question 7

• The motto “a sound mind in a sound body” stresses the goal of education
• schools were for men and women were educated at home

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Athenian Education

Question 8

Gymnasium is the greek word for

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Naked

Question 9

_____ was a small training school for wrestling and the physical training teacher was called a _____

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Palestra
Paidotribe

Question 10

The term olympiad means

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Four-year period

Question 11

Referred to the month-long treaty or truce that surrounded the games

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Pax olympia

Question 12

Olympics started in

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776 BC

Question 13

Olympics ended in

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394 BC

Question 14

• The first presence of a “coaches handbook” con training was in the 3rd century bc
• amateurism versus professionalism was never an issue in the ancient form of the games

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Ancient olympics games

Question 15

• training for males was directed entirely toward preparation for the military

-women were considered more important in the roman culture than the greek culture

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The Roman Empire

Question 16

Roman viewed sport in two ways: Military training, Entertainment

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Roman Sport

Question 17

Roman culture use the concept of sport as a means to entertainment to the point where they used captured serves as the competitors or

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Gladiators

Question 18

• roman catholic church was opposed to physical education for three reasons

-it considered the roman character that resulted from sport and games to be undesirable

-the roman style games were considered pagan due to their relationship with honoring the gods

• the church believe that the emphasis on development of the body was evil in nature

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Physical Education under Catholicism

Question 19

• it is reported that there was a revival of athletic tournament during this period so that nights could maintain a level of fitness and refine skills for battle

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Medieval and Renaissance Times

Question 20

• upper classes were primarily the participants in sport and games activities
• lower classes were generally not permitted to compete and did not have the time to train in order to be competitive

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Class struggles and sport issues

Question 21

• colonist organized and attempted to fight against the british forces for Independence
• it quickly became apparent that colonial life was not adequately rigorous to prepare them for life as a soldier in war
• skills used in earlier colonial life was limited to the job skills of the individuals

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Revolutionary period

Question 22

The topic of hygiene was taught primarily by physicians during this period

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Early colonial period

Question 23

Male indians played a game called _____ which meant game of ball

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Beggataway

Question 24

Females play the game with sticks that eventually became

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Field Hockey

Question 25

The rebirth of the olympic games is when_____ and held in _____

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1896
Athens Greece

Question 26

The development of NCAA

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1905

Question 27

Establishment of the national federation of high school sports

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1922

Question 28

In this era is the rapid growth of women’s competitive sports

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1900-1930: The Uneasy Joining of PE &Sport

Question 29

• war-related injuries brought about an increased need for a physical rehabilitation programs
• this was the birth of physical therapy and the belief that through exercise the body could be restored a chinese approach evident many centuries earlier

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World war 1

Question 30

Who was the first black professional athlete

Answer 30

Jackie Robinsons (1946)

Question 31

German reformer who was one of the first to see the benefits of physical activity and introduced it into the school curriculum. He also began the modernization of gymnastics

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Johann Bernhard Basedow

Question 32

A German who introduced physical systematic exercises in school and developed the principles for gymnastics. He also published the first systematic textbook for gymnastics.

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Johann Cristoph Friedrich Guts Muth

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A German who is considered the “FATHER OF MODERN GYMNASTICS” because he introduced many of the differ gymnastic activities and incorporated them into the sch curriculum.

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Friedrich Ludwig Jahn

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First official PE teacher in america and taught German Gymnastics

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Charles Beck

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Started a gymnastic club in high school

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Dr Dudley Allen Sargent

Question 36

Conducted a social control through games to prevent bullying

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Dr. Thomas Arnold

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Swedish physical education instructor; founded first physical education instructor is college in England only allowed or women

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Martina Sofia Helena

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Started an early form of aerobics

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Catherine Beecher

Question 39

Open the first college gym at Harvard and the first public gym in Boston

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Charles Follen

Question 40

Pioneered the teaching of physical education; what fencing at Lund University

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Pehr Henrik Ling

Question 41

Who are the grandfathers of Physical Education

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George Wilhelm Friedrich & Karl Marx