1. Physical Education
“The History of Volleyball”
NAME ____________________________________________ GRADE ______________ PERIOD _______________
DIRECTIONS: Write the word true if the question is correct. Write the word false if the question is not correct, then cross out
the false part and re-write it so it is correct.
1. ____________ Volleyball was introduced in 1885.
2. ____________ The person that first established volleyball was William Morgan.
3. ____________ The game of volleyball was created because it had less physical contact than basketball.
4. ____________ The first name of volleyball was simply “Volley”!
5. ____________ Volleyball was created for businessmen.
6. ____________ The first game of volleyball was played on July 6, 1896.
7. ____________ Volleyball became an Olympic event in 1964.
8. ____________ Rules were edited by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
9. ____________ The U.S. state that volleyball was invented in is Massachusetts.
10. __________ Two-person beach volleyball was added to the Olympics in 1988.
