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eople in over 200 countries. It is believed that the first basketball game in history was played on December 21, in 1936 in Berlin,it became an event at the Olympics. Basketball was invented by a Canadian doctor named James Naismith, who was born in 1861. 2b Read the passage is the main idea of each paragraph? When he was a college teacher,he was asked to think of a game that could be played in the winter. Dr. Naismith created a game to be played inside on a hard floor. Dr. Naismith divided the men in his class into two teams and taught them to play his new game. Players on the same team must work together to get the ball in the other team39。s _________ floor two the ball basket ? played by ___________________ people ? over ______ countries more than 100 million 200 ? invented by ______________ ? first game on _______________________ ? became Olympic event in _______ in the year _______ ? most famous games:______ ? popular games in China:______ Berlin 1936 NBA CBA 2c Complete the mind map with the information in the passage. What else can you add to the mind map? James Naismith December 21,1891 1. Who invented basketball and how is it played? 2. When was the first basketball game in history played? 3. Why were the Berlin Olympics important