Vocabulary 1
Multiple Choice
Vocabulary 2
Multiple Choice 2
Sentences and discussion questions
100
What is an adjective that means loud and angry?
What is ferocious
100
The year 1905 was a pivotal or big year for football because?
A. The sport first arrived from Europe B. A movement to ban the sport over safety concerns C. The first related football death occurred.
100
What means spreading throughout the whole group? In early football injuries were __________.
What is pervasive
100
Why was early football described as a primal sport?
Early football was described as primal because early football was instinctual , brutal and aggressive.
100
Make a sentence with the word, pervasive.
Injuries were pervasive in early football because protective clothing was not worn.
200
Who is the person that promotes you , encourages you or stands up for you?
Who is advocate
200
According to the article, the first games of American football were played by
A. by professional athletes B. on the White House Lawn C. on Ivy League campuses
200
What is the verb that means to change? Football ________ from the sport of rugby.
What is evolved.
200
Give and example of the earliest primal game in football?
In 55 BC the Celtic invaders kicked around the skulls of defeated armies.
200
Make a sentence with the noun advocate.
Teddy Roosevelt was and advocate for football because he wanted the game to continue.
300
What is an adjective that describes very hard, difficult physical exercise?
What is strenuous exercise.
300
What is true of Teddy Roosevelt?
A. He played football in high school but failed to make the college team. B. He did not play football but firmly believed that the sport built character. C. He opposed football after his son was injured.
300
What is the word that means chaos? Early football was described as _________.
What is mayhem
300
In the early 19th century what game did early football evolve from? and where did this game come from?
The early game was rugby and it came from the country of England.
300
Use the verb evolved in a sentence.
Football evolved from the game of rugby.
400
What is the verb that means to make changes?
What is reformed
400
According to the article the most important change after the 1905 meeting at the White House was?
A. The allowing of the forward pass B. the elimination of punting C. the requirement that coaches receive concussion training.
400
What is the word that described Teddy Roosevelt's action to come between to settle a disagreement?
What is intervene?
400
Describe football in early 1905.
Football in 1905 was described as a blood sport , mayhem and homicide because it was a brutal, violent sport and players wore no protective gear .
400
Describe some of the changes in football after 1905.
Football began to use the forward pass, protective gear was used and the NCAA was established to set up rules for football
500
Early football was described as a ________ game. This means done by instinct and powerful.
What is primal game
500
You can infer from the article that : (make a conclusion based on the facts
A. It is safer that other sports such as soccer B. Would not have become as popular if changes for safety had not been made. C. Is likely to be banned in high school and college
500
What does it mean when you satisfy or pacify an argument?
What is appease?
500
What president intervened to save football and why?
President Teddy Roosevelt because he fell in love with the game and believed it made character. He also knew that if he did not intervene the game of football would discontinue.
500
Why is football an important part of the American economy today?
Millions of people watch the game on TV, players receive millions of dollars to play the sport, fans pay money to attend the games and much money for advertisement sponsored by the players.
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