Until Recently, Only Schoolchildren Played Soccer in the United States

question 142

Multiple Choice

Until recently, only schoolchildren played soccer in the United States. Now, it has become a popular sport, perhaps in part because of immigrants from Latin America and other areas of the world where soccer is widely played. Soccer is an example of __________ in sports.

• A) ​a fad
• B) ​cultural relativism
• C) ​an object fad
• D) ​a fashion

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Definitions:

Lanugo

The fine, downy hair covering the fetus.

Vernix

The waxy substance that sometimes covers an infant at birth.

Gestation

Pregnancy.

Embryo

The early form of life in the uterus between the stages of blastocyst and fetus.