KIN 305: Chapter 5 quiz

During the birth of the modern world, as Europeans came into contact with people from the Americas, what percentage of the indigenous population of the Americas perished from diseases imported from the old world (i.e., Europe, Africa, and Asia)?

60-90%

Which philosophical theory of the human person explains the mind as the operator of the body?

Behavior dualism

What was the most advanced civilization in the world circa 1500, as measured by technological, scientific, and economic development?

China

The authors argue that, similar to fusion cuisine that has developed 'global' flavor. Western-mentality hegemony that has taken other words, modern global alongside the rise of globalization, modern sport has taken on a decidely sport has resisted the over so many of our modern institutions.

False

Which of the following statements about the "Silk Road," as it relates to the birth of the 'modern world, is false:

Islamic Kingdoms and European merchants shared access to this trade route, and the wealth and power it generated, evenly.

Among the thinkers of the Scientific Revolution, who should be considered the father of environmental psychology and articulated the idea that sport, exercise, and recreation serve as the starting point for making good citizens for modern societies?

John Locke

Which philosophical theory emphasizes the human persona as a collection of physical material?

Monistic Materialism

Which of the following statements best captures the viewpoints of Protestant reformers in regards to the role of physical activity in human endeavors?

Protestant reformers opposed to the traditional festival culture of medieval Catholicism and its sporting habits

Renaissance philosophers drew inspiration for physical education from which previous era?

The Greeks

Scientism is a view that the scientific method can be applied to all subjects to produce more accurate knowledge.

True

The games that take place in the 21st century in Estadio Azteca in Mexico City

are fully modern soccer games that reflect on the rise of global football culture

In The Book of the Courtier, the Italian thinker and writer Baldasare Castiglione recommends that Renaissance men play which of the following sports?

tennis