How many critical questions are there in the option "Sport and Physical Activity in Australia"?
Four
100
Define Commodity
Goods for which there is a demand and can be sold for profit.
100
What is the name of the Australian Government body responsible for the financial distribution of money in sport?
Australian Sports Commission
100
What does being a professional athlete mean ?
The athlete is paid for their performances/particpation in sport.
100
Which sporting great was dubbed “the boy from Bowral?”
Donald Bradman
200
Breifly, what are the main focus areas within the first CRITICAL QUESTION?
Sport in the 19th Century
Amateur v professional
Women in sport
Sport as a commodity
Sponsorship in sport
Economics in sport
200
What was the main factor for women particpating in sport in the 19th century.
socialisation
200
At which olympic games (Year and Place) was television first used to transmit images around the world?
1956 Melbourne, Australia
200
Who completed the "SWIM OF THE CENTURY"
Keiren Perkins
200
What three movements are required for an athlete to successfully complete a triple jump?
Step, Hop and Jump
300
What is the second CRITICAL QUESTION?
What is the relationship between sport and national and cultural identity?
300
Name three sports that were played by the aristole of the Australian colonials.
Shooting, Cricket, Tennis
300
Identify three reasons for companies to sponsor an athlete/team or event?
1. Exposure
2. Brand recognition
3. Prodcut association (the athlete uses it so I will)
300
In 1948 who was given the nickname -"The Invinceables"
Australian Cricket team - 8 months winning streak
300
How many gold medals did Michael Phelps win at the 2008 Olympics?
Eight!
400
What does the key term EXPLAIN mean?
How and Why?
400
Identify two POSITIVES and two NEGATIVES of hosting a world wide sporting event eg Olympic Games
POSITIVES
1. Increase revenue
2. Economic Growth
3. Increase wordl class infrastructure
4. Tourism
NEGATVIES
1. Possible national debt
2. Terrorist attack
3. Focus of international media (on -ve aspects of nation such as human rights - Beijing 2008)
400
Name the three olympic gold medalists for the 200m dash in 1968 at the Mexico Olympic Games.
Tommie Smith, Peter Norman, John Carlos
400
What and where is Marralinga?
South Australia -site for Atomic Bomb testing.
400
Name two of the countries vying to host the FIFA World Cup soccer competition in 2018.
USA, England, Australia, Russia, Belgium, Netherlands, Indonesia, Japan, Korea Republic, Mexico, Qatar, Spain, Portugal
500
TWO QUESTIONS
1.There are three sections in the PDHPE HSC paper. Which section is our current topic in?
2. What type of responses are you expected to give; multiple choice / short responses / extended responses>
Third
Extended Responses
500
Identify four olympic games (dates) and what political issues was associated with that particular olympic games.
1920 - Germany, Turkey, Bulgerai and Austria excluded for involvement in WW1
1936 - Germany -Racisim (Hitler refusing to award gold medals to african americans)
1964 - IOC banned Sth Africa for its support of Apartheid
1968 - Human Rights + 200 mexico studenta killed
1972 - Munich - terroist attack (Arabs killing Israeli over political disputes/war at home)
1980 - Moscow many countries refused to attend due to USSR invading Afganistan
1984 - First time China competed
1988 - Nth Korea boycotted due to political tensions with Sth Korea
2008 - Human Right
500
What is the motto of the olympic games?
Faster, Higher, Stronger
500
Who is the Regional Director of the Hunter/Central Coast