| A | B |
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| Did women participate in the early Olympic games | No |
| In what city state did some women practice and compete locally? | Sparta |
| apart from Sparta, contests for young Greek women were very rare | and probably limited to an annual local footrace |
| What City state held the Herean festival? | Hera |
| The Herean festival, held every four years in honour of the goddess Hera | included a race for young women, who were divided into three age groups. |
| The Herean race was not part of the _______? | Olympics |
| The 2nd-century-CE traveler Pausanias wrote | that women were banned from Olympia during the actual Games under penalty of death. |
| What type of women were allowed to spectate the Olympics | Unmarried Women |
| What led to the demise of the Olympics? | Greece losing its independence to Rome |
| How did the Romans view athletics? | They looked at it with contempt and saw it as degrading. |
| Why did the Romans bring back the Olympic games? | The Romans realized the political value of the Greek festivals |
| Who was the Emperor that brought the games back? | Emperor Augustus |
| What Roman Emperor disgraced himself when he fell off a chariot race? | Emperor Nero |
| What is the difference between the Roman and Greek attitudes towards athletics? | One was primarily competition, the other entertainment. |
| Why were the Olympic games abolished in 400 CE? | because of the festival’s pagan associations |
| Who abolished the Olympic games in 400CE? | They were abolished by the Roman emperor Theodosius I or his son |
| Who wanted to revive the Olympic games in the 1800's? | French man by the name of Pierre, baron de Coubertin |
| What was Pierre, baron de Coubertin profession? | Coubertin decided that his future lay in education, especially physical education. |
| Was Pierre, baron de Coubertin the first person to suggest the revival of the Olympic games?f | No |
| Who was the first to propose the revival of the Olympics? | Panagiotis Soutsos, a Greek poet. |
| This person advocated for the founding of international Olympics in Athens | Dr. William Penny Brookes |
| What is Pierre, baron de Coubertin famous for? | Giving a speech that helped revive the Olympic games. |
