helped shape the modern Olympic movement. There were new problems and new improvements that affected the Olympics. WIth the documents we’re given‚ we are able to analyze the factors that created these new problems and improvements. Through these years‚ we can see that the world has become more acceptable to women‚ people being pressured because of pride‚ people trying to work harder to earn more money‚ and people working harder for world peace. Within the many years of Olympics‚ women was able
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Modern Olympics DBQ Essay The Olympic Games were large athletic competitions originally held in Greece about every four years from 776 B.C.E. to 393 C.E. Demetrius Vikelas‚ the first president of the International Olympic Committee organized successful early competitions including few sports; from cycling‚ fencing‚ gymnastics‚ shooting‚ swimming‚ tennis‚ weightlifting and wrestling. After many years of planning‚ the first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens‚ Greece in 1896. Based on the documents
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The Olympics Games were athletic competition held in Greece from 776 BCE to 393 CE. They took a hiatus before starting up again in 1892. Once the modern Olympics had begun in 1892‚ it had effects on society. These effects include a social change of unifying people across the world of the same and different genders‚ a cultural change of a strong passionate desire to beat the other countries to win the gold‚ and an economic change of the Olympics costing billions of dollars to the host city. In
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When and where was the first Modern Olympic Games held? How many countries and athletes participated? How many countries and athletes competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and 2010 Vancouver Games? 1896 Summer Olympics was the 1st celebration of the modern Olympic Games. They had 14 nations participating and 241 athletes competed. In Beijing in 2008‚ there were 204 nations that competed with 10‚942 athletes. In 2010‚ the Vancouver Games had 82 countries competing with 2566 athletes.
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The modern Olympics is an international event where both men and women participate in a certain sport to represent the country they originated from. To facilitate the modern Olympics as we know it today‚ the Olympic movement‚ which dated from 1892 to 2002‚ was shaped by many things. A few examples are nationalism‚ gender‚ economics‚ and diplomacy. Gender is an important factor that shaped the Olympic movement because it shows how women slowly progress from a lower social rank to equality between
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Stefanie Boniel Period 2. DBQ Essay The Olympic games today have been influenced by many factors that happened throughout history. In documents 2 and 8‚ the increases of women participants in the games show social change of the world. In documents 3 and 4 the influence of nationalism causes countries to become extremely competitive. In 6 and 3 nations show their pride of their home country by proving themselves as top notch. In 7 and 10‚ the opinionated views of a Japanese and Pakistani journalist
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The Olympics were revived in 1896 thanks to Pierre de Coubertin. Since its reemergence in 1896‚ the modern Olympic movement has been shaped and influenced politically through the tensions between countries‚ economically through financial gain opportunity‚ and socially by promoting women’s rights. Another document I would like to have seen would be one containing a record of third world countries that have attended the Olympics. This document would have shown how wealth effects and shapes the modern
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cellphone‚ email. However in 1892‚ such technology did not exist‚ but people unite in different way – Olympic. It is an athletic game originally held in Greece city states every four years in honor of Zeus‚ their god. Shaped by many factors; ever since the first modern Olympic start in Athens in 1896 this competition became international celebrated. Such as the countries ‘pride of associate with Olympic‚ the impact of conflict political view affects the team‚ the economic opportunities created by the
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Olympics DBQ There are many different factors that have shaped the modern Olympic movement from 1892 to 2002. It was originally revived so people of different races could interact with other people without conflict. They wanted to have a temporary time of international peace. This idea is expressed in Document 1. The author‚ Pierre de Coubertin‚ explains how the athletes are exported into other lands without any hostility. The author is credible because he is also the founder of the modern Olympic
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World History DBQ Essay: The Olympic Games There were many factors that helped shape the Olympic Games from 1892 to 2002. Originally‚ Olympic Games were conducted in Ancient Greece in hopes of uniting its city-states Athens and Sparta and to promote peace through sports activity. When Olympic Games were resurrected in 1892‚ they had the same goal of promoting peace in the world. Over time factors such
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