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Which Games were canceled due to WW2

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1940-Tokyo,Alt-Finland & 1944-London

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Who hosted the 1948 Games and what were the Games known for?

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Summer-London, Winter- St. Mortiz(8 days), Switzerland, Lack resources and equipment, Dick Button won gold in figure skating

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Olympic Losses During WW2

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Henri Baillet-Latour, President of the IOC, lived in Brussels, Belgium

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What did the 5th ring symbolize?

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Truce for the Ancient Games

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What Place held a monument for Peire de Coubertin?

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Greece and 1996 Summer Olympics Alanta,

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Why did the USSR delay their participation in the Olympics?

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The Soviet government felt their athletes were not prepared and had no intention of attending the Games

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London 1948

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Nickname the “Spartan” Games (bare-bones)
Food and oil rationings were in place
Not enough money to build venues
(17 days)

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London 1948

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First Games to be shown on Home television

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Bob Mathias

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Won the Decathlon, from Tulare, Ran an event at Fresno State

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Identify the formation of the Eastern Bloc countries

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The Containment Strategy- Help the allies to control the Eastern Bloc

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FIrst African American Women to win a Gold Medal

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Alice Coachman

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1948 medals

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Medals was the same from 1928-1968-
the Olympic Rings with a torch. In the
background Olympia spelled out in Greek

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Identify the role the IOC played in allowing the participation of the USSR

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Shift in balance of world powers-Capotalist

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Be able to differentiate the terms amateur & professional athletes as provided by the IOC & USSR

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Amateur- All communist party members were workers of the state, sport was work
Professionals- Employed by private enterprise and part of the capitalist system

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How did the IOC choose to deal with South Africa & apartheid policies?

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IOC fosterd a politcal agreement between W Germany(FRG) & E Germany(GRD)

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Identify the many controversies surrounding Avery Brundage.

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Eliminate team sports, Eliminate women’s events, Eliminate national anthem, Reduce the # of events help control cost

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Identify the unusual events of the 1956 Melbourne Games

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First time countries boycotted in an attempt to influence the IOC and world opinion,
Spain, Netherlands, & Switzerland, Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq, China

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Identify the first Games to be recognized for drug use, and why.

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Rome, 1960, Knud Jenesen died from amphetamine overdose

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Identify the Winter Games that recognized Walt Disney

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Sqauw Valley

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Identify the first Games to make money through TV broadcasting.

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Identify the noteworthy achievements at the 1960 Rome Games during the rise of civil rights awareness.

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Breakthrough for Black Athletes, Abebe Bikila, Clement Quartery, Rafer Johnson, Wilma Rudople

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How did Tommie Smith, John Carlos, and Harry Edwards influence the 1968 Games?

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“Black Power” civil rights movement

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Who was Peter Norman?

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Stood with Tommie Smith & John Carlos, Austrian 200m sprinter

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What was the movement that began with Dr. Harry Edwards?

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Olympic Project for Human Rights

25
Explain the record times during the 1968 Summer Games
Every Track event less than 400m had a world dynamic record broken, long jump and & triple jump
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Identify the reason for the protests prior to the 1968 Summer Games
Social injustice, cost of dynamic games & defunded social program
27
What were some of the victories at the 1968 Games?
Vera Caslavaska defeated the Soviet Union
28
Identify additional events which contributed to the 1960’s being political traumatic
Asassinations, Doping scandals,
29
What event took place at the 1972 Games that changed the future of the Olympics; what was the primary goal of that event
Munich Massacre, Palestian terriost group
30
Why were the 1976 Winter Games held in Austria?
People of Colorado prohibt the use of public funds to the Games
31
What made the 1980, 84, & 88 Games memorable events? Winter & Summer
First Olympic Games held in Communist Country, Juan Antonio took over as IOC,Jamaican Bobsled team, LA1984 1st modern movement without government funding
32
What were North Korean policies surrounding the 1988 Olympic events?
N Korea demanded to "share host" the Games with the Repblic of Korea
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When and how did the Paralympics become part of the Olympic family? Demonstration and actual events
On 29 July 1948, the day of the Opening Ceremony of the London 1948 Olympic Games, Dr. Guttmann organised the first competition for wheelchair athletes which he named the Stoke Mandeville Games, a milestone in Paralympic history. They involved 16 injured servicemen and women who took part in archery. ROME 1960
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Juan Antonio Samaranch was influential in changing which historic IOC policy?
Hold the Olmypics for every 2 years (winter)
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Identify the many achievements of Juan Antonio Samaranch.
Built the Olympic Games of the Modern era, Dream team, Allow international federations of an Olympic Sport, "Smug" Amaterism
36
Identify the end of the Cold War.
New leaders wanted to to boost Soviet economy which lead to departions, Polish people elected non-commnist government.
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What made the 1992 Games a memorable event?
The laster year the Summer & Winter Games were held the same year
38
Identify the financial success of Olympic cities.
Barcelona 1992 propelled into one of the greatest cities on the Mediterrenean
39
Identify the Modern Olympic Truce.
Allow visitors to travel safely to Olympia
40
First Winter Olympics held on a different year?
Lillehamerer 1994
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What made the 1996 Games a memorable event?
Centennial Olympic Park Bombing
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What made the 1996 Games a memorable event?
Centennial Olympic Park Bombing
43
What made the 2004 Games a memorable event but why were they so poorly attended?
Fear of the Middle east, Palestines and Israels were killed; pollution in Athens, Biggest Olympics
44
Identify the record-breaking Games of Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt
Micheal pelps won 6 gold medlas toal of 8 medals won, Usian broke records in 100m, 200m, and Relay Races
45
Identify some historical Olympic firsts of the 2016 & 2018 Games
First Southern American Country to host the Games. 45% female [participation, transgenders, Olympic Torch Relay- reach 5 continents representing the Olympic Flag
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Identify Peirre de Coubertin's death and Burial
Burried in Lausanne, Switzerland; heart was land to rest in Olympia, died of a Heart attack

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