Sports History

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  1. 2. What our game of soccer originated from in China.
  2. 4. Person jumped over a bull in Crete
  3. 5. Invented by the Olmec People in Central America
  4. 6. Expensive game with equipment made of silk and bamboo
  5. 9. Found equipment in a child's tomb
  6. 10. game created by the Native Americans. Called stickball here today
  7. 11. Created in China for the purpose of relaxing.
  8. 12. Sport created in the 1950s by surfers who wanted to do something when the waves were flat
  9. 13. Spartan game form of soccer
  10. 15. Man jumped off a bridge in England
  11. 16. Created in France and the newest sport.
  12. 17. Game played in Medieval Europe.
  13. 19. Sport created in 1922 by brothers in Minnesota
  14. 21. Video game Tournament at Stanford
  15. 22. Similar to baseball and played by Pharaohs
Down
  1. 1. First humans threw this to practice hunting
  2. 2. Sport similar to golf found in China in 1050
  3. 3. Sport found in Ireland in 1272 BC
  4. 5. Sport played in Present day Iran or Persia
  5. 7. Sport from Finland with the blade made of bone
  6. 8. 1460 sport played by kings in France
  7. 9. 1891 sport that was created for boys at the YMCA
  8. 14. 15th century Hawaiian sport.
  9. 18. 16th century sport played by kings in France
  10. 20. Game played by Romans, but means Boss