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| Physical activity is defined as: ________, _______ movement directed toward achieving an identifiable ________. |
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| intentional, voluntary movement, goal. |
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| Identify at least two non-empirical “tools” we use in this course to study human movement. |
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| Reflection, Introspection, Logic, Textual Analysis, Reasoned Criticism, etc. |
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| According to the lecture, what is the ideal relationship between the sciences and the humanities? (must be spelled correctly!) |
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| As a critical reader, what things should you know once you’ve read a text? |
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| Thesis, evidence, key claims, summary, purpose, etc.) |
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| Provide two reasons for how a kinesiology practitioner might benefit from studying sports history? |
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| A more meaningful sense of self; to understand the role of change; the past shapes future experiences; to build an maintain pride in our profession, etc. |
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| What does Vertinsky argue was the real “turning point” in the development and widespread use of sports medicine? |
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| When athletes realized that it could give them a competitive advantage in their sport |
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| What type of approach to sports history research does Kyle recommend in his critical literature review of ancient sports? |
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| Interdisciplinary approach |
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| What is the Roman practice of bestowing gifts and food upon the spectators at athletic events more popularly known as? |
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| Fill in and briefly describe the common saying: “Greece is the _____, while Rome is the ______” |
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| What did Baker argue were the two primary factors that led to the end of the ancient PanHellenic Games (incl. the Olympic Games)? |
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| (a) Lack of Roman resources & (b) Rise of Christianity as dominant Roman religion (also the immanent threat of hostile invasions) |
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| Identify at least two reasons Adelman gave for why thoroughbred racing declined in popularity. |
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| Aristocratic connections, lack of innovation, reliance on tradition, foreign, cost of ownership, etc. |
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| Name at least four of the six categories of modernization from Adelman’s article. |
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| Organization, Rules, Competition, Role Differentiation, Public Information, Stats and Records |
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| Explain what Dyreson meant by scientific racism? |
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| Using scientific methods/data to confirm/substantiate previously held racist agendas. |
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| Which two athletes that we’ve read about were used by the American media in an attempt to generate social capital? |
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| Jessie Owens (Dyreson) & Althea Gibson (Lansbury) |
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| Briefly describe what it means to call sports a “Common Language.” |
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| That sports have the capacity to unify people of disparate backgrounds onto an single playing field. |
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| Why did Dyreson describe the way the American public treated Jessie Owens as a contradiction? |
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| Because they celebrated his victory as proof of the American ideal, while treating him as sub-human in daily life. |
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| Lansbury argues that the major media outlets constructed Coachman’s and Gibson’s social identities in terms of _____ & _____, marginalizing them as _______. |
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| According to Lansbury, what are at least two characteristics of “ideal womanhood” for the African American community. |
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| Survival in the face of adversity, taking on multiple roles, strength, morality, family and community commitments. |
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| Lansbury argues that the white press constructed Coachman & Gibson primarily in terms of their ______, while the black press typically focused on their ______. |
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| What did Lansbury argue was the primary reason why African American women began running track & field? |
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| Because white women’s participation declined due to its ‘masculinizing effects’ |
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| ____ ____ (a person) brought the NCAA to power and prominence by promising an end to the gambling and corruption in college sports. |
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| Where, when and why was the notion of amateurism created? |
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| 19th Century England to keep the working-class and the aristocracy segregated. |
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| The term “student-athlete” was created in order to provide a legal defense against what anticipated problem? |
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| Paying out on workman’s compensation claims. |
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| What is it called when competing firms (such as member universities and the NCAA) collude, agreeing to fix prices, marketing, and production of certain commodities? |
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