Typed Rules and New Leagues: teacher key

Basketball, grade 9 edition, written for 9th grade. A typed page of rules, a hockey president who ran a new league, and a world federation. See how basketball got organized, up to the WNBA.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. How much did the typescript of Naismith's rules sell for in December 2010?
   • $43,000
   • $430,000
   • $4.3 million (answer)
2. Who were the first BAA champions?
   • The Philadelphia Warriors (answer)
   • The Boston Celtics
   • The Chicago Stags
3. What happened on August 3, 1949?
   • The BAA and the National Basketball League merged to form the NBA (answer)
   • The WNBA was approved
   • FIBA was founded
4. Which was founded first?
   • The NBA
   • The NIT (answer)
   • The WNBA
5. How many teams did the WNBA announce for its first season?
   • Eight (answer)
   • Eleven
   • Sixteen

Words

• typescript: typed pages
• commissioner: league boss
• merged: joined together
• rehabilitation: getting better
• federation: group of groups