PE 213 SWIMMING

It is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water.

• Running

• Weight Lifting

• Swimming

• Boxing

What technique did our ancestors use to swim?

• freestyle arm-stroke

• tumble turn

• butterfly stroke

• back stroke

Their scientific achievements include water pools and swimming pools.

• Roman

• Greeks

• Egyptian

• Mesopotamia

Who made swimming compulsory to all male children?

• Alexander the Great

• Herod the Great

• John the Great

Swimming and (a)   in the Nile was also one of their religious obligations.

TRUE or FALSE!

The Finnish considered swimming as natural a movement as running.

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE or FALSE!

The Icelandic folklore also reports a number of swimming deeds, which shows that both men and women were excellent swimmers.

• TRUE

• FALSE

In Japan, swimming had an important role in the training of the (a)   .

In the remote India, the ancient records of swimming can also be found. One of the first pools used for swimming is in (a)   .

TRUE or FALSE!

After the Fall of the Roman Empire, water may have been the source of diseases and illnesses, and it was better to stay in the water.

• TRUE

• FALSE