Modern Olympic Games
What is 1896?
Before being called the Paralympic games, it was called the...
What is the parallel games?
A set of shared beliefs within a culture about groups and how social order should work.
What is ideology?
What is 2019?
These athletes brought awareness to racial injustice in the United States by raising their fists on the podium during the national anthem in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City.
Who is John Carlos and Tommie Smith?
The governing body of the Olympic Movement.
What is the International Olympic Committee (IOC)?
This model focuses on the impairment as the problem and those with an impairment or disability should "fix" themselves to fit into the Empire of the Normal.
What is the medical model of disability?
This is concerned with exploring the purpose and nature of something.
What is philosophy?
The city will host the Olympics in 2024.
What is Paris?
This man prompted the reemergence of the modern Olympic Games.
Who is Pierre de Coubertin?
The Olympics were suspended for 36 hours after a terrorist attack in which city’s Olympic Village?
What is Munich?
This event was founded in 1968 to create sport opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities.
What is the Special Olympics?
The concept that people earn their prestige based on performance/talent rather than privileges.
What is meritocracy?
The first player in NHL history to come out as gay.
Who is Luke Prokop?
This person is the current president of the IOC.
Who is Thomas Bach?
The Soviet Union boycotted this Olympic Games.
What is the 1984 Olympics in LA.
This is the motto of the Paralympic Games.
What is spirit in motion?
Below are components of this concept/term:
Making sacrifices for the game
Striving for distinction and domination
Accepting risks and playing through the pain
Refusing to accept limits
What is the sport ethic?
This athlete won the Wilma Rudolph Courage Award for bringing awareness to social justice and mental health issues at the Annual Salute to Women in Sports.
Who is Naomi Osaka?
The founder of the special Olympics and an activist for inclusion of persons with an intellectual disability into society.
Who is Eunice Kennedy Shriver?
Women were first included in the Olympics in this year (however, it was limited to less vigorous sports).
What is 1900.
This was the host of the first youth Olympic Games in 2010. Hint: This place is a city and a nation.
What is Singapore?
The dominant influence of a society, civilization, nation, or elite over others.
What is hegemony?
This country has recently banned women from participating in sports.
What is Afghanistan?
The American star (athlete) at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
Who is Jesse Owens?