1984 Summer Olympics

High school (ages 12+)
Sports & Games

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/1984-summer-olympics

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the official designation?Games of the XXIII Olympiad
2. What is the host city and country?Los Angeles, California, United States
3. What were the dates of the 1984 Summer Olympics?The Games were held from July 28 to August 12, 1984.
4. Why did many countries not attend the 1984 Olympics?The Soviet Union and fourteen other Eastern Bloc nations boycotted the Games as a retaliation for the U.S. boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

Geopolitical Tension: Rivalries and conflicts between nations, often influencing international events and relationships.
Cold War: A period of intense rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union from the mid-20th century.
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