NEWSELA Novel Study Articles Day 1

Who was the inventor of basketball?

• Wilt Chamberlain

• James Naismith

• Michael Jordan

• James Madison

True or False: The first games of basketball were played with peach baskets.

• True

• False

True or False: In 1967, the NCAA stopped allowing dunking because white people were afraid that black players might take over basketball.

• True

• False

Which type of shot cleared out the area under the basket and allowed room for players of all heights, not just tall players?

• Foul shots

• Three point shots

• Layups

• Dunks

Refugees are people who must leave their home and go somewhere else for safety and protection.

• True

• False

People become refugees because of _________

• war

• natural disasters

• climate change

• persecution

• all of the above

Most of the refugees today come from which country?

• Afghanistan

• South Sudan

• Syria

• All of the above

Internally displaced persons (IDPs) are refugees that move within their country, but don't leave it.

• True

• False