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Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 10mins
Check ALL the benefits of hosting the Olympics.
The best athletes in the world would be right outside your door.
The games bring excitement and attention to your region.
The games bring a lot of development to your area.
The Olympics have great economic costs.
What are the two negative results of hosting the Olympics?
The Olympic games bring a lot of development.
People have even been forced to leave their homes to make way for the Olympics.
You are left with a ghost town once the athletes gone home.
The Olympics have great economic and environmental costs.
Which country is the birthplace of the Olympic games?
(a)
Which county hosted the Olympics in 2004?
Spain
Greece
France
the U.S.A.
How much money did Greece spend on the 2004 Summer Olympics?
U.S. $ 11 billion
U.S. $ 15 billion
U.S. $ 10 billion
U.S. $ 13 billion
What happened to the Olympic venues in Athens shortly after the 2004 Summer Olympics ended?
They were rebuilt to fit other needs.
They were demolished
They began to fall apart
some of the venues were auctioned off
What happened to many Olympic sites after the games were over?
They have become (a) towns.
The _____ site of the 1936 Summer Olympics is still standing in Berlin, nearly a century after it was built.
restored
abandoned
well-maintained
easily accessible
Abandoned means ....
deserted
destroyed
maintained
benefited
In which city former Olympic venues continue to host sporting events?
Athens
Berlin
Barcelona
What was Barcelona's Port Olimpic built for?
swimming competition
sailing competition
rowing competition
diving and water polo
In what city can you find the Water Cube, a water park that was built for the 2008 Summer Olympics?
Montreal
Athens
Barcelona
Beijing
What was the Greek government paying for?
the total cost of the Olympic games
to repair the deteriorating Olympic venues
to maintain the venues that were built for the 2004 Summer Olypics
to rebuild the venues
Hosting the Olympic games is ....
a heavy burden
a great risk
a waste of money
an honour
How many days do the Olympic games last?
(a)
How can countries save money by hosting the Olympic games?
create quality facilities that serve a community for the years after the Olympics
to build cheaper facilites
to design facilites that can be used for a couple of weeks
to find more appropriate venues
