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PLAYERS & THE GAME AROUND THE WORLD
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Text-Dependent Questions
1. What is FIBA and when did it begin?
2. How did World War I and World War II contribute to the growth of basketball?
3. Why did the Blackbirds refuse to play at the Olympics, even though they prob-
ably would have brought home the gold?
4. Explain how basketball helped to break down racial barriers in the United
States.
Wilt Chamberlain started out in the 1950s playing for the Harlem Globetrotters. He was one of
the players who proved how amazing black players could be on the basketball court.