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WorksheetsUndefeated: Jim Thorpe and Carlisle Indian Football Team
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
What was Pop Warner's nickname as a child?
Tubby
Butter
Butters
Pop
What tribe did Jim Thorpe identify himself with?
Navajo
Sac and Fox
Iroquois
Delaware
What was the play called in the early days of football, where the defense and offense would run to the center of the field for the ball?
scrimmage
bulldog play
mass play
the charge
Why did Jim look up to Blackhawk?
His fashion sense
His name
His love of people
His strength
In what year was the Carlisle Indian School founded?
1869
1868
1879
1888
Why didn't many tribes trust Richard Pratt in his quest?
He was white
He was a military officer
He spoke with a weird accent
He wasn't polite
How did students react to the rules set forth by Pratt?
They were fine
They protested
They cried
They revolted
In the early days of football, the "big four" teams were Princeton, Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and ....
Yale
Columbia
Army
Carlisle
Whose death impacted Jim the most?
His mother
His father
His twin Charlie
His Aunt Betty
Why did Pratt finally allow football at Carlisle?
Good exercise
Good usage of time
Good promotion
Good for the press
How would students still speak in their native languages?
They would whisper
They would bellow
They would cough
They would sing
How many football players died at the peak of deaths in 1905?
19
11
13
17
Teddy Roosevelt used which word to describe how men would become without toughness?
capricious
mollycoddle
insanse
jellyroll
Why did Pop Warner leave Cornell to return to Carlisle?
He didn't feel respected
The salary
The players
He wanted a change of scenery
When Jim was not in school, which job did he work, and do particularly well in?
bank clerk
teacher
carpenter
ranch hand
Which play involved a play hiding the ball in his shirt?
The disappearing play
the hidden ball play
the hoodwink
the mystery play
The meeting between President Roosevelt and the college football teams was seen as the start of....
The SEC
The NFL
The NCAA
The WNBA
When students would work on white families' farms over the summer, what was that called?
work study
the agriculture program
the outing program
study abroad
What surprised reporters when they came ot Carlisle?
the new haircuts
the nice grounds
the polite students
the equalty among men and women
What other sport did Jim participate in at Carlisle?
basketball
track and field
wrestling
cross country
What components did Pop Warner believe made a team great?
blocking
tackling
scoring
a and b
Which team was most scared about facing Carlisle?
Harvard
Columbia
Army
Princeton
While at Carlisle, how did Jim make money over the summer?
barber
plumber
playing baseball
playing basketball
Why did Pop and Jim not always get along?
Pop was racist
Jim was rude
Both were stubborn
Both were not good at communicating
Why did Pop think the team began to play better?
Thier natural ability
Jim's leadership
Natives vs. Whites
The loss of rougher play
T
When did Native Americans become full American citizens?
1924
1927
1923
1928
Which Olympics Games did Jim try out for?
1912 Berlin
1912 Stockholm
1908 London
1916 Paris
Who was the last major victory Carlisle got against?
Columbia
University of Pennsylvania
Syracuse
Army
Which future US President faced Jim Thorpe?
William Howard Taft
Teddy Roosevelt
Dwight Eisenhower
Gerald Ford
Jim Thorpe was born in the Indian Territory, located in the present day state of....
Texas
Arizona
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
