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Check your knowledge! Take our fun quiz for the advanced Sailing Section of the Sports Chapter of our textbook! Follow the instructions and then click on the "Check it!" button for each question.

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1. No exact date is known for the invention of the sail. (Check the correct answer.)
True
False
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2. Four ways of getting around in the water are: floating, rowing, sailing, and kicking. (Check the correct answer.)
True
False
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3. The first mode of travel on water was simply by ______________. (Check the correct answer.)
sailing
motoring
floating
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4. At one time, standard gear of a Roman soldier included an inflatable skin for river crossings. (Check the correct answer.)
True
False
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5. ___________ were used to push along the river bottom, before oars were used. (Check the correct answer.)
Sticks
Poles
Pipes
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6. The first sail was probably put on a boat on the Nile river more than __________ years ago. (Check the correct answer.)
50,000
5,000
500
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7. What century was the lateen or triangular sail invented? (Check the correct answer.)
1st
5th
9th
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8. The inventors of the triangular sail understood the aerodynamic principals of sails. (Check the correct answer.)
True
False
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9. The ___________ sail allowed boats to sail into the wind for the first time. (Check the correct answer.)
square
triangular
oval
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10. The angle of the sail alignment to the heading is known as the angle of attack. (Check the correct answer.)
True
False
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11. The angle of attack must be precise. If the angle is to wide then the sail will not fill. (Check the correct answer.)
True
False
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12. The strongest force is where the curve of the sail is the deepest. (Check the correct answer.)
True
False
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13. Force increases if the flow at the rear or the sail separates. (Check the correct answer.)
True
False
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14. In the __________ of the sail the force changes to a sideways, or heeling, direction. (Check the correct answer.)
front
middle
rear
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15. The keel keeps the boat going straight. (Check the correct answer.)
True
False
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