Olympic Games Chart

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. The most expensive Olympic Games since 1996 were held in ___.

• South Korea

• Brazil

• Japan

• Russia

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. The last time the U.S. hosted the Olympics was ___.

• summer 1996

• summer 2000

• winter 2002

• winter 2010

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. The total cost of the Pyeongchang Olympics is expected to be about ___ more than the cost of the Winter Games in Turin, Italy, in 2006.

• $6 billion

• $9 billion

• $11 billion

• $13 billion

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. Which country has hosted the modern Olympics exactly twice as often as Germany?

• France

• United Kingdom

• US

• Italy

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. You can reasonably conclude from the graphs that ___.

• Italy has never hosted the Summer Games

• the U.S. hosted seven times before 1996

• this year is the first time South Korea has hosted

• all of the above

check all that apply

Identify one or more choices that best complete the statement or answer the question. Check all that apply. Which of the following is true about the Ancient Olympic games?

• it was mostly team sports

• it was mostly individual sports

• only men were allowed to participate

• They were held every 4 years

• They were started as a way to honor Athena

Check all that apply

Which of the following statements most accurately describes Sparta.

• was located on the Peloponnesus peninsula

• women were in charge of households, could inherit land and become wealthy

• they had a strong navy

• believed in family first

• believed in Sparta first

Check all that apply

Which of the following statements describe the city-state of Athens.

• had a stronger navy than army

• valued education

• were the first to use a democratic form of government

• allowed women to vote

• sent children to military school at age 7

Would you want to see a city in your state host a future Olympic Games? Why or why not?