Olympics COPY

Question 1

Berlin?

Answer 1

1936

Nazi olympics

Used for propoganda

Promote superior German ideals

Question 2

Moscow?

Answer 2

1980

Boycott due Soviet Union invading Afghanistan

Jimmy Carter and Margaret Thatcher started the Boycott

Question 3

Mexico City

Answer 3

1968

Black Power Salute

Protest for equal rights

South Africa had been banned due to the apartheid

Question 4

Munich

Answer 4

1972

All hostages + 5 terroists were killed

8 Palestinian terroists seized 11 memeber of Israeli team

They wanted 34 Palestians imprisoned in Israel released

Question 5

Los Angeles

Answer 5

The boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles followed four years after the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

The boycott involved 14 Eastern Bloc countries and allies, led by the Soviet Union, which initiated the boycott on May 8, 1984.

Question 6

Modern Olympics

Answer 6

Established in 1896 by Frenchman Baron De Coubertin

Visit to England he watched Dover and Wenlock Games and Rugby School

Question 7

Philosophy for Olympics

Answer 7

Bring different countries together
Provide competition that was devoid of politics and healthy
Muscular Christianity and Cult of Athleticism
Taking part more important than winning

Question 8

Aims and Values

Answer 8

Aims - Bring together the athletes of the world
- Spread Olympic principles around the world