Kines 100 Exam Questions And Correct Answers

When was the Human Genome Project? {Ans: April 2003}What gene is the "speed-gene"? {Ans: ACTN3}Are athletics based off of genetics? {Ans: No, there is no blueprint that can make up a perfect long distance runner.}Most scholars argue that human cultures developed gender divisions characterized by "man the hunter" and "woman, the gatherer and mother," because... {Ans: Women were, in evolutionary terms, more valuable than men}How much movement should we be getting a week? {Ans: 150 minutes}What is the paleolithic period in human history? {Ans: 300,000-7000 BCE}How many people were in tribal bands? {Ans: 500 people}What are the oldest written sources about sport that we have? {Ans: Iliad, The works of the ancient Greek genius, Homer, Odyssey}Why are they having a cockfight? {Ans: To raise money for a local school.}Where did the Tarahumara run to in Mexico? {Ans: Pachuca to Mexico City}What is baseball a symbol of? {Ans: Trying to find common ground during WWII}What was the average time that the mile declined by? {Ans: 90 seconds}What are our unique characteristics of humans that allowed us to become "endurance predators" {Ans: Can sweat, bipedalism, thermoregulation, free hands, better