Germany at the 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/germany-at-the-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 first modern olympic participation?1896
2. What is the olympic host city and year?Berlin 1936 (Summer & Winter), Munich 1972 (Summer)

National Olympic Committee (NOC): The organization responsible for managing a country's participation in the Olympic Games.
Propaganda: Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.
Munich Massacre: The 1972 Olympic hostage crisis and murder of Israeli athletes by Palestinian terrorists.
Reunification: The process of bringing together separate political entities into one unified state, as occurred with East and West Germany.