WorksheetsSports in American Society Unit 2 MC Quiz #2
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
Though created decades earlier, softball was formalized for girls by Little League Baseball as an alternative to baseball in which decade?
1930s
1950s
1970s
1990s
Which issue has become the focus of the US Women’s National soccer team over the last few years?
Equal endorsement opportunities
Equal field time
Equal television time
Equal pay
Which of the following statements is MOST TRUE?
There is wide acceptance in the track & field world to allow transgender athletes to compete as the gender of their choice.
Professional women’s sports have had fewer issues with accepting gay athletes than male professional sports
The USATF (United States Track & Field Association) will be creating a new designation for transgender athletes
The NBA has been far more progressive than the other major sports in accepting gay athletes.
Which of the following statements about Martina Navratilova is TRUE?
Navratilova has come out against having transgender athletes who have made a full gender reassignment compete as the gender of their choice
Navratilova was one of the first openly gay athletes to compete in track & field
Navratilova has come out in support of the statement that having a biologically male athlete compete against a female athlete is “insane and cheating.”
Navratilova has taken a “lot of s---” from white males in her support of trans athletes.
The ___________________ has announced it will end its ban on female members, however, will still not host a Women's Masters Tournament
Winged Foot Country Club
Pebble Beach Golf Course
Augusta National Golf Course
Highland Greens Golf Course
He was the first openly gay player in the NFL and retired after only two seasons due to mental health issues.
Jason Collins
Michael Sam
Jason Jones
Michael Irvin
Katherine Switzer and Bobbi Gibb are names best associated with?
the WNBA
Trans Rights in Sports
the Boston Marathon
the Battle of the Sexes
Which state has recently made a decision to allow athletes to compete in track & field as the gender of their choice after two athletes at Bulkeley and Cromwell High Schools chose to make the decision to do so
Connecticut
California
Massachussetts
North Carolina
He made history in 2013 when he became the first openly gay athlete in one of the four major North American professional sports leagues (the NBA), with the Brooklyn Nets
Kevin Durant
Bill Cartwright
Jason Tatum
Jason Collins
In 2015 and 2019, the USWNT continued their dominance of women’s soccer by winning ________________
the Olympics
the World Cup
the Rider Cup
the America Cup
Which of the following was a reason given by Little League Baseball as to why girls should not be allowed to play baseball?
Taking a ground ball to the chest would increase the risk of the girl developing breast cancer in womanhood
Taking a ball to the mouth would damage her teeth and make her less attractive to men
Parents did not want their boys slapping a tag and touching the rear ends of a girl
All of these
Condoleezza Rice and Darla Moore were significant to the world of sports because
they were the first two women to legally enter the Boston Marathon
they scored the tying and winning goals, respectively, in the 1999 Women's World Cup for the US
they were the first two women allowed membership at Augusta National Golf Club
they are the two track & field trans athletes campaigning to race girls
Which statement about Mary Decker is FALSE?
Mary Decker's career spanned across 5 different Olympic games and she won a gold medal at each
Mary Decker is one of the most dominant women to ever compete in track & field
Mary Decker's legacy is marred by falling during the 1984 and making an emotional scene
Mary Decker's rival was a barefoot runner named Zola Budd
The "B" option on the final project is
Book Review
Slideshow and presentation of new or expanded learning
Watch a movie and write a one page paper about it.
What does this image show?
A crazed fan attacking a female runner the year that the New York City Marathon first allowed female runners
Race director Joc Semple trying to remove Katherine Switzer from the Boston Marathon
Race director Joc Semple clearing a path for Bobbi Gibb to complete her race after male runners tried to stop her from finishing.
