The Olympic Games

Flashcards about the Olympic Games

The Olympic Games were a series of __.

athletic competitions held for representatives of various city-states of Ancient Greece.

The games were created to __.

showcase Greek athletic prowess and encourage peace among rival states.

Records indicate that the Ancient Olympic Games began in __.

776 BC in Olympia, Greece.

The Ancient Olympic Games were celebrated until __.

393 AD, when an earthquake destroyed Olympia.

The Games were usually held __.

every four years, or an olympiad.

During a celebration of the Games, an Olympic Truce was enacted to enable athletes to __.

travel from their countries to Olympia in safety.

During the Olympic Truce, __.

armies were forbidden from entering Olympia, wars were suspended, and legal disputes and the use of the death penalty were forbidden.

An Olympic Flame was __.

lit on Mount Olympus to symbolize the truce and the Games.

It was __ who officially revived the Olympics.

Pierre de Coubertin of France.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) was founded in __.

1894 in Paris.

The first Modern Olympics took place in __.

1896 in Athens, Greece.

The symbol of the Olympic Games is composed of __.

five interlocking rings, colored blue, yellow, black, green, and red on a white field.

These five rings represented __.

the five continents of the world who have been won over by Olympism and are willing to accept healthy competition.

The rings were debuted at the __.

Antwerp Olympics in 1920.

The initial lighting of the flame in Olympia and the first torch relay took place in __.

the lead-up to The 1936 Games in Berlin (Germany).

__ was the first female to win a gold medal.

Charlotte Cooper.

__ was an American track and field athlete star who won four gold medals in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

Jesse Owens.

The Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Games is the single darkest moment in Olympic history because __.

11 Israeli athletes and coaches were taken hostage and eventually killed by Black September.

At the Montreal Olympics 1976, Security Measures were __.

the highest and most costly at that time due to the fact that the games immediately preceded the 1972 Munich Massacre.

"Can you feel it?" was the __.

Official Calgary Olympic Motto.

At the Vancouver Olympics 2010, we won our first gold medal on home Soil with __.

Alex Bilodeau – Skiing.

Reasons to HOST the Olympics include __.

Media Exposure, Tourism Dollars, National Pride, and Infrastructure.

Reasons NOT to HOST the Olympics include __.

Pollution (Air, Land, and Noise), Congestion, Potential Problems (terrorist attacks), Environmental Stressors and Financial Investment.