The Cold War - Olympics by Emily Lane https://padlet.com/25lanee/nquj3zhb6fcdzg9w Emily Lane en-us 2022-04-06 18:09:23 UTC 2025-11-19 18:33:47 UTC hello@padlet.com What do the Olympics have to do with the Cold War? 25lanee https://padlet.com/25lanee/nquj3zhb6fcdzg9w/wish/2133186621 The Olympic games during the Cold War was a showing/competition of the US and Soviet Union and how good they would compete at these games.]]> 2022-04-06 18:16:24 UTC https://padlet.com/25lanee/nquj3zhb6fcdzg9w/wish/2133186621 What is a boycott? How did this play a role in the 1980 and 1984 Olympics? Who hosted and who would not come? 25lanee https://padlet.com/25lanee/nquj3zhb6fcdzg9w/wish/2133195275 A boycott is when a group of people are withdrawing a subject and making a protest for it. The Soviet Union hosted the games and many countries didn’t go including, South Korea, China, Haiti, Chile, etc. ]]> 2022-04-06 18:21:21 UTC https://padlet.com/25lanee/nquj3zhb6fcdzg9w/wish/2133195275 How did the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan affect the Olympics? 25lanee https://padlet.com/25lanee/nquj3zhb6fcdzg9w/wish/2133200926 It caused many countries to not attend as a stance to show the Soviet invading a country was not right in a lot of other countries minds.]]> 2022-04-06 18:24:42 UTC https://padlet.com/25lanee/nquj3zhb6fcdzg9w/wish/2133200926 Why was the Miracle on Ice competition so significant to the battle of the Cold War? 25lanee https://padlet.com/25lanee/nquj3zhb6fcdzg9w/wish/2133207450 The Miracle on Ice was so significant because it proved to the Soviet Union that the US also had power. It was also able to show the difference between the different governments and see how they compare in sports.]]> 2022-04-06 18:28:28 UTC https://padlet.com/25lanee/nquj3zhb6fcdzg9w/wish/2133207450 How were the Olympics a symbol of Cold War competition? 25lanee https://padlet.com/25lanee/nquj3zhb6fcdzg9w/wish/2133208982 The Olympic games were a symbol of the Cold War because the Soviet Union was a part of the games and it was a way to show their power/strength.]]> 2022-04-06 18:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/25lanee/nquj3zhb6fcdzg9w/wish/2133208982 How were the 1972 Olympics impacted by the Cold War? 25lanee https://padlet.com/25lanee/nquj3zhb6fcdzg9w/wish/2133210761 During the 1972 games 8 Palestinian terrorist invaded the Olympics in Munich. And because these games were in Germany it set them apart from all other countries.]]> 2022-04-06 18:30:29 UTC https://padlet.com/25lanee/nquj3zhb6fcdzg9w/wish/2133210761 What are 3 ways the Olympics created a competition between the US and USSR? 25lanee https://padlet.com/25lanee/nquj3zhb6fcdzg9w/wish/2133215669 1.Trying to prove one country is stronger than the other in the same sport. Meaning that if one was better they were stronger.
2. A count of how many medals each country is able to get during the games. The medals were the main reason for this competition.
3.It was wanting to see what countries would support the other during the games. It would also show what countries were on either side without really having to battle or go to war.

]]> 2022-04-06 18:33:34 UTC https://padlet.com/25lanee/nquj3zhb6fcdzg9w/wish/2133215669 What 3 comparisons could be made in the Cold War Olympics to present day Olympics? 25lanee https://padlet.com/25lanee/nquj3zhb6fcdzg9w/wish/2133216570 1. The Beijing Olympics were not completely boycotted but this happened because China was holding muslims hostage in their country.
2.Right now Ukraine is in a war with Russia because they want to take it over.
3.The US and Russia are still big competitors in the Olympic games especially in figure skating.

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