WorksheetsThe History of Video Games
Total questions: 6
Worksheet time: 3mins
Which best describes an arcade in 1980?
quiet
loud
scary
lonely
Which sentence from the texts best supports the correct answer to question 1?
“You enter a dark room filled with noisy machines.”
“Where are you?”
“The people you play with don’t need to
be right next to you.”
"You’re ready to hang out with your friends!”
What are TWO reasons people were excited about the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)?
It used the internet.
It was free.
It had new and better games.
It could be played at home.
In the timeline “Video Games Through Time,” you learn that ______.
kids in the 1980s wore long socks
the Game Boy can fit in a pocket
Tetris is a game for puzzle lovers
some arcades are still around
What changed video games in the year 2000?
the internet
the Game Boy
the NES
smartphones and tablets
A main idea of both the article and the timeline is that video games ______.
can be played only in arcades
were more fun in the past
have changed over time
should be the same now as they were in the 1980s
