RI 4.2 Summarizing Ind. Pra. Pgs. 74-76

What is the main idea of the passage?

• Spacewar! was the very first computer game and led to later video games.

• Ralph Baer wanted to use televisions for more than just watching shows.

• Pong was the most successful arcade game ever.

• Researchers in the 1950s enjoyed playing checkers.

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Which detail best supports the idea that Spacewar! started the age of electronic games?

• It was first played at computer conventions.

• Ralph Baer invented Odyssey.

• Pong was played on arcade machines.

• Researchers created games like chess in the 1950s.

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What is the purpose of the timeline included in the text?

• To show how quickly video games improved and spread.

• To compare board games with video games.

• To explain how computers grew smaller over time.

• To describe how Spacewar! was invented.

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What does the word “ushered” in paragraph 2 most nearly mean?

• Introduced

• Ignored

• Hid

• Delayed

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Which statement is the best summary of paragraphs 1–4?

• Spacewar! was the first video game, created in 1962, and it impressed people by showing what computers could do.

• Spacewar! was too bulky for the average person.

• Computers were first used for chess and checkers.

• Ralph Baer created Odyssey.

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Why did researchers in the 1950s program computers to play games like checkers?

• To discover what computers were capable of doing.

• To entertain themselves during free time.

• To make video games for television.

• To compete with one another for prizes.

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Which sentence best expresses the main idea of paragraph 6?

• Spacewar! was too complicated for ordinary people, but Baer began designing home video games.

• Spacewar! could only be played by researchers.

• Ralph Baer thought television was boring.

• Odyssey used bouncing balls and paddles.

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What invention allowed people to play games on their televisions at home?

• Odyssey

• Pong

• Spacewar!

• Checkers

What is the best summary of paragraphs 7–8?

• Ralph Baer invented Odyssey, and Bushnell created Pong, which became the first successful arcade video game.

• Ralph Baer thought television was boring.

• Pong was more popular than Computer Space.

• Bushnell founded Atari.

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Which key detail shows why Pong was so successful?

• Bushnell combined table tennis with the fun of pinball.

• Pong was created after Computer Space failed.

• Pong could be played on television.

• Pong was invented by two engineers.

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