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AS OCR Socio-Cultural Exam PackDavid Bartlett - Redruth School PE 2009

AS OCR G451 Socio-Cultural Exam PackUsing 2001-2008 Past papers

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Contents............................................................................................1Participation in physical activity........................................................2Physical Recreation and outdoor recreation....................................11Physical education and outdoor education......................................13Sport................................................................................................23The United Kingdom........................................................................27The United States............................................................................29Australia...........................................................................................32Funding of Physical Activity.............................................................34Bodies influencing and promoting participation in physical activity as part of a balanced, active and healthy lifestyle; the promotion of health, fitness and wellbeing and/or sporting excellence................35Excellence and participation in the UK............................................38Performance enhancing products....................................................42Sport, Sponsorship and the media...................................................44Violence in sport..............................................................................50The Olympic Games.........................................................................53

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Participation in physical activity

1. Why can activity such as football be classified as both play and sport

[2](January 2001)

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2. The figure below shows a possible physical activity continuum. Describe the characteristics of Recreation [3]

(January 2001)

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3. Explain the different functions that Leisure can have in society. Explain the reasons for the growth in leisure time [4](January 2001)

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Play Recreation Leisure PE Outdoor Education

Sport

More organised


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4. It has been suggested that all sports have their origins in play. What are the main characteristics of play?

[3](May 2002)

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5. The likelihood of taking part in regular physical activity is affected by opportunity, provision and esteem.(i) In relation to mass participation in sport, explain each of the terms opportunity, provision and esteem.

[3](May 2003)Opportunity ____________________________________________________________________________________

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_______________________________________________Provision ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Esteem _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(ii) What might elderly people be unable to participate in sporting or recreational activities?

[6](May 2003)________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________6. Play is often considered to be an education experience.

What can children learn through play?[3]

(May 2003)

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7. Play has also been described as an enjoyable, spontaneous activity pursued by children at a freely chosen time and place.How does play sometime fail to fit this description?

[5](May 2003)

Enjoyment ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Spontaneity ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Children ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Time _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Place _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. Why is it that for some people, sport is part of their leisure time yet for others it is their work?

[5](May 2003)___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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9. A game such as badminton can be experienced as both play and sport.

With reference to the game of badminton identify key features of play and sport

[6](January 2006)

Key features of badminton as play___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Key features of badminton as sport___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

10. Play is a spontaneous, enjoyable activity where children can learn.

[3](May 2007) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

11. When might play fail to have the characteristics of spontaneity and enjoyment?

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(May 2007) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

12. What decisions and choices do children make when playing?

[4](May 2007) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

13. What is meant by opportunity, provision and esteem when used in relation to participation in sport?

[3](May 2005)Opportunity _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Provision_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Esteem_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

14. How can social class and wealth affect participation in sport and physical recreation in the UK?

[4](May 2005)

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15. Why would the Olympic Games be classified as sport rather than as physical recreation?

[3](January 2007)_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

16. Identify three characteristics of play[3]

(January 2008)1. _________________________________________2. _________________________________________3. _________________________________________

17. Physical Education is part of the National Curriculum, but opportunity and provision for Physical Education vary from school to school.

Give reasons for differences in the quality of Physical Education between schools.

[4](January 2008)_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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18. Account for the low comparatively low levels of participation in physical recreation and sport by people on low incomes

[3](January 2008)__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Physical Recreation and outdoor recreation

1. The figure below shows a possible physical activity continuum. Describe the characteristics of Recreation [3]

(January 2001)

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2. What are the characteristics of physical recreation?[4]

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Sport

More organised


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Physical education and outdoor education

1. Describe the current initiatives aimed at developing excellence in Physical Education and Sport in the United Kingdom [5](June 2001)

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2. Outdoor and Adventurous activities can be experienced through the Physical Education curriculum or in extra curricular time. Discuss the case for both types of experience [8]

(June 2001)

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3. Using practical examples discuss the aims of Physical Education as shown below

[8]

(June 2001)

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AIMS OF PHYSICAL

EDUCATION

PREPARATION

PERSONAL VALUES

INSTRUMENTAL VALUES


8. The figure below shows a possible physical activity continuum. Describe the characteristics of Outdoor Education

[3]

(January 2001)

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9. “Physical Education is about pupils learning about themselves…” (Lucy Pearson, England cricketer and teacher)

Explain the view that Physical Education is a process of educating the whole person.

[3](May 2002)

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Sport

More organised


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10. Physical Education teachers aim to develop their pupils’ knowledge and values

Identify some of the values or benefits to be gained from a positive school Physical education experience.

[4]

(May 2003)

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11. Schoolchildren in the United Kingdom experience Physical Educational part of the National Curriculum.

Identify the knowledge and values that can be gained from Physical Education in schools.

[5](January 2004)

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13. What do you understand by the term Outdoor Education? Give an example of an Outdoor Education activity in your answer.

[3](January 2005)

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14. What can young people gain as a result of a positive Outdoor Education experience?

[4](January 2005)

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15. The diagram below shows a variety of outdoor education activities.

(i) What can young people gain from outdoor education?[4]

(May 2007)________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(ii) Not all school children have the opportunity to experience regular or varied outdoor education. Give reasons for this [3](May 2007)

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Outdoor Education

Outdoor Education

Outdoor Education

Outdoor Education

Outdoor Education


________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________16. The diagram below shows different values of Physical Education.

Explain and give examples of each of the values the Physical Education shown above

[4](May 2005)

Physical values _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Preparation values _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Personal values _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Qualitative values _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Physical Education

QualitativePersonal

PreparationPhysical


17. Explain how education, physical recreation and sport can all exist within a school Physical Education programme [3](May 2005)Education within PE _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Physical recreation within PE _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Sport within PE _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

17. Identify some of the values or benefits to be gained from a positive Physical Education experience

[4](January 2007)______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

18. Identify three characteristics of Outdoor Education[3]

(January 2008)1. _________________________________________2. _________________________________________

3. _________________________________________

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Sport

1. With reference to the above pictures and to your own knowledge, identify the main characteristics of sport

[4](May 2002)

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2. Identify reasons for and against aerobics being classed as a sport

[3](May 2002)For __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Against _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. What are the main characteristics of sport? [5]

(January 2004)

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4. Sport is normally associated with physical prowess, physical endeavour and fair play.(January 2004)

(i) What is meant by each of the terms physical prowess and physical endeavour

[2]

Physical prowess ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Physical endeavour ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(ii) Compare the possible effects of positive sporting attitudes (sportsmanship) and negative sporting attitudes (gamesmanship) on a top level sporting event

[4]

(January 2004)

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5. With reference to the pictures below and to your own knowledge identify the differences between cycling as a recreation and cycling as a sport

[5](May 2005)

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6. Identify three characteristics of Sport[3]

(January 2008)1. _________________________________________2. _________________________________________

3. _________________________________________

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The United Kingdom

1. Some traditional sports and festivals still occur in the United Kingdom today. Using an example you have studied explain why it has survived.

[4] (June 2001)

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2. The picture below shows the Ashbourne football game, which is an example of a surviving ethnic sport.

Identify characteristic of surviving ethnic sports in the UK. (May 2007)

[4]

3. Many ethnic sports and festivals such as the Lakeland and Highland games still take place in the UK

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Characteristic 1:

Characteristic 3: Characteristic 4:

Characteristic 2:


Identify characteristics of ethnic sports and give reasons for their survival

[5](May 2005)_______________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Sport is often said to reflect the culture in which it exists.

The Lakeland Games is a surviving ethnic sport in the UK that continues as a tourists attraction in relatively isolated area.

Identify two further characteristics of ethnic sports in the UK other than tourism and isolation

[2](January 2008)Characteristic 1______________________________________________________________________________________________Characteristic 2______________________________________________________________________________________________

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The United States

1. Individual nations approach sport in different ways and for different reasons.

Identify characteristics of(i) Sport and ‘the American Dream’ and(ii) Sport as a ‘Shop Window’

[6](January 2004)

Sport and ‘the American Dream

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Sport as a ‘Shop Window’

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2. Discuss sport and commercialism with reference to the ‘American Dream’, and sport and politics with reference to the ‘shop window’ effect.?

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(May 2007)

Sport and commercialism with reference to the ‘American Dream’ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sport and politics with reference to the ‘shop window’ effect. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. What is meant by the term ‘The American Dream’[3]

(May 2005)

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4. What are the characteristics of sport when it is used for political reasons?

[3](May 2005)_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Australia

1. What European influences are evident in Australian Rules Football?

[3]_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Why has the Australian government placed so much emphasis on achieving excellence in sport?

[3]_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Explain the nature of the sports played and variety of sports played in Australia regarding history, population, size of country, climate.

[4]

History _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Population_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Size of country_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Climate

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Funding of Physical Activity

1. Sport in the UK is funded in different ways.

Describe public, private and voluntary funding of sport[3]

(May 2005)

Public funding_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Private funding_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Voluntary funding_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Bodies influencing and promoting participation in physical activity as part of a balanced, active and healthy lifestyle; the promotion of health, fitness and wellbeing and/or sporting excellence

1. UK sport is concerned with sport and sports performance in the United Kingdom. Each home country also has its own Sports Council.

Identify two key functions of UK Sport and two different functions of any Home County Sports Council(May 2002)

(i) Two key functions of UK Sport____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________(ii) Two key functions of Home Country Sports

Council____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

[4]

2. Individual sports are controlled by a National Governing Body.

Identify four roles of a National Governing Body.[4]

(January 2004)Role 1 __________________________________________

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UK SPORT

Sports Council for Nothern Ireland

sportscotland Sports Council for Wales

Sport England


_______________________________________________ Role 2 _________________________________________________________________________________________ Role 3 _________________________________________________________________________________________ Role 4 _________________________________________________________________________________________

3. How do National Governing Bodies support performers at the top of the performance pyramid?

[4]

(May 2007)

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4. With London hosting the Olympic Games in 2012, it is more important than ever that sport in UK is well organised and administered and that potential medal winners are identified and supported.Describe how sport is organised and administered in the UK [3](January 2007)_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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5. How do the National Lottery help to develop sporting excellence in the UK?

[3](January 2007)National Lottery_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. What are Sport England’s main objective and how does it attempt to achieve them?

[3](January 2008)__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Excellence and participation in the UK

1. The figure below shows some of the organisations that have an impact on all levels of sports performance in the UK.

Explain the positive influence that each of the following can have on both mass participation and sporting excellence in the UK:

UK Sport and home country organisations such as Sport England

Sports Coach UK Schools

[8](May 2003)

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Excellence

Mass participation

Schools

UK Sport/home country

organisations

Sports Coach UK (formerly NCF)


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2. The pursuit of sporting excellence is a contemporary issue.

How is UK Sport and the Youth Sport Trust helping in the pursuit of sporting excellence?

[4](January 2004)

UK Sport__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Youth Sport Trust __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. The figure below shows the development stages of sports performers known as the ‘performance pyramid’

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Write the name of each stage of the performance pyramid above

[4](January 2005)

4. The diagram below shows the ‘performance pyramid’

Describe each level of the performance pyramid[4]

(May 2007)

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Excellence

Performance

Participation

Foundation


Foundation ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Participation ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Performance ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Excellence ______________________________________

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Performance enhancing products

1. Explain why some performers are prepared to take drugs to enhance their performance.

[6](June 2001)

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2. In spite of strict bans, some performers still take performance-enhancing drugs.

Identify reasons for this and explain why the fight against ‘drugs and sport’ must continue.

[6](January 2004)

Reasons for taking performance-enhancing drugs_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Explanation of need for continued fight against drugs and sport_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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3. What is being done or could be done to reduce the problem of drugs in sport?

[4](January 2007)______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Sport, Sponsorship and the media

1. Television has a profound influence on sport. Identify how sport has changed to meet the demands of television

[3] (June 2001)

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2. The media can inform, educate, entertain and advertise. Use Physical Education and Sport to discuss these diverse roles

[8](January 2001)

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3. “Women receive less than 5% of men’s coverage in national newspapers and are still under represented in all areas of the media.” (Women’s Sports Foundation – September 2000)

Why is media coverage of sport in the United Kingdom male dominated?

[4](May 2002)

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4. Define sport sponsorship and identify possible negative effects of sponsorship to sports performers.

[4](January 2005)

Definition of sport sponsorship____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Negative effects of sponsorship to performers_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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5. Contemporary sport is a highly commercialised ‘product’ and has strong links with sponsorship and the media.

Discuss the links between high level sport, sponsorship and the media.

[6](January 2005)

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6. The achievement of sporting excellence is influenced by many factors including funding and the media.

(i) How can both funding and the media help to develop sporting excellence in the UK?

[6](May 2007)________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. Identify two roles of the media[2]

(May 2005)Role 1_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Role 2_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. Discuss both positive and negative effects of the media on sport

[4](May 2005)_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Violence in sport

1. Violence among some players is increasingly common. Why do some performers become violent and what affect does this behaviour have on others?

[5](January 2001)

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2. The problem of football hooliganism continues to be a sporting issue.(i) Identify some possible causes of football hooliganism

[3]____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(ii) What has been done to make stadiums safer and to prevent and control violence be spectators at football matches? [4]

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3. Explain the causes of violent behaviour by both players and spectators in high level sport.

[6](January 2008)____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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The Olympic Games

What reasons did Coubertin have for reinventing the modern Olympic Games?

[3]___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

How did the commercialisation of the 1984 Los Angeles change the Olympics games to the Global international event it is today?

[3]___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. It was seen as a fantastic achievement when London was given the opportunity to host the 2012 Olympics.

However, many people disagree. Explain the benefits of being a host nation and the potential drawbacks.

[8]

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4. With reference to the ‘Shop Window’ effect explain how the Olympic games is a vehicle for nation building.

[3]_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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5. What were the reasons for the political upheavals at the 1936, 1956, 1968, 1972 and 1980 Olympic Games. And what country were the games held?

[10]1936 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________1956 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1968 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1972 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1980 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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