Thinking Critically About Sport
True or false: The International Olympic Committee defines "sport".
False, the IOC does not define sport.
True or false: The Women's Olympic Games of the 1920s were successful and popular.
True
In 9-Man Volleyball, how many players on the court must be of 100% Chinese descent?
6 players
True or false: White Americans are 5x more likely to know how to swim than Black Americans.
False
True or false: By cancelling the football game against Miami University in 1946, Penn State forfeited the game.
False
Fill in the blanks: "Critical thinking has little to do with ____ we think, but everything to do with ___ we think."
What; how
What were the original "Big 3" American Sports?
Horse racing, baseball, and boxing
In what state did Richard Henry Pratt establish the first off-reservation boarding school for Native American children?
Pennsylvania
True or false: The first black heavy weight champion of the world was Jack Johnson, which led to the call for a "Great White Hope."
True
Who was interned during the "Era of Internment?"
Japanese Americans
Which strategy for thinking critically is used when using your own personal experiences? Is it reflexively, skeptically, contextually, or politically?
Reflexively
The Spanish Flu
What is the new name of the Washington NFL team?
Washington Commanders
Fill in the blanks: "The problem of the 20th century is the problem of the _____ _____."
Color line
Fill in the blanks: Althea Gibson desegregated not one, but two _____ _____ sports. What were they?
Country club sports; tennis and golf
Which strategy for thinking critically pertains to issues of power? Is it reflexively, skeptically, contextually, or politically?
Politically
Name the 3 rationales given by Kay and Jeanes that opposed women's participation in sport.
Medical, aesthetic, and social
Jim Thorpe was stripped of his Olympic gold medals because he violated the rules of _____.
Amateurism
Which term applies to the scenario: MLB gentlemen's agreement to not sign anymore black players in 1887. De jure or de facto segregation?
De facto
What rules did Philip Wrigley enforce for the women who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League?
Femininity: had to wear skirts, heels, and makeup
Fill in the blanks: "The distinction between professional and amateur has been purely one of _____ _____."
Social class
Fill in the blanks: A.G. Spalding's motivation to determine that baseball was invented in the United Stated was "equal parts _____ and _____."
Fill in the blanks: "_____, not _____, was often the very motive for developing sporting organizations."
Exclusion; inclusion
During which time period did the federal government order the desegregation of public places, and when did it start taking effect?
1950s; 1960s
There were 7 factors that played a role in desegregating Major League Baseball. Name 3 of them.
Success of Negro Leagues, Civil Rights Movement, WWII, power of the press, death of Commissioner Landis, efforts of Branch Rickey, and strength of Jackie Robinson