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PE 213 SWIMMING

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Running

b)

Weight Lifting

c)

Swimming

d)

Boxing

2.

What technique did our ancestors use to swim?

a)

freestyle arm-stroke

b)

tumble turn

c)

butterfly stroke

d)

back stroke

3.

Their scientific achievements include water pools and swimming pools.

a)

Roman

b)

Greeks

c)

Egyptian

d)

Mesopotamia

4.

Who made swimming compulsory to all male children?

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Herod the Great

c)

John the Great

5.

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

6.

TRUE or FALSE!

The Finnish considered swimming as natural a movement as running.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

7.

TRUE or FALSE!


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

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

8.

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

9.

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

10.

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.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

11.

TRUE or FALSE!


People in the Renaissance discovered the beauty of the human body and that of physical activity

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.

By the 18th and 19th centuries, open water swimming has become more and more popular. In default of swimming pools, ____________ were installed on the riverside and seaside.

a)

ambulance cabinet

b)

ambulance cab

c)

ambulant cabin

d)

ambulant car

13.

TRUE or FALSE!


In the second half of the 18th century swimming pools started to be built. The first facilities were wooden framed swimming pools on rivers.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

14.

What is the main reason that wooden framed swimming pools on rivers are closed by nets, fixed by chains and ropes?

a)

To prevent from the current or stream of the river.

b)

To prevent from sharks and other aquatic animals.

c)

So that others cannot join.

d)

So it will look unique to others.

15.

BONUS QUESTION


What is the name of your PE Instructor? 😂

a)

Ivy Joy Tabancura

b)

Yva Joy Tabancura

c)

Ivy Mae Tabancura

d)

Yva Faith Tabancura