It is believed that volleyball arose thanks to William J. Morgan, a teacher of physical education at one of the Holyoke colleges (USA). In 1895, at one of his lessons, he hung up a net (approximately at a height of 2 meters) and suggested that his students throw a basketball chamber through it. The resulting game Morgan called "Mintonet." Two years later, the first volleyball was developed and put into production. In the second half of the 1920s, the national federations of Bulgaria, the USSR, the USA and Japan appeared. In 1922, the first international competitions were held in Brooklyn, it was the YMCA championship with 23 male teams. In 1925, the modern size of the court was approved, as well as the size and weight of the volleyball. These rules were relevant for the countries of America, Africa and Europe. In 1947, the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) was founded. Members of the federation are: Belgium, Brazil, Hungary, Egypt, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, USA, Uruguay, France, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. In 1949, the first men's world championship was held in Prague, and in 1964 volleyball was included in the program of the Olympic Games in Tokyo. In international competitions of the 1960-1970s, the national teams of the USSR, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, and Japan achieved the greatest success. Since the 1990s, the list of the strongest teams has replenished with Brazil, the USA, Cuba, Italy, the Netherlands, Yugoslavia. Since 2006, the FIVB unites 220 national volleyball federations, the game is one of the most popular sports on Earth. Source: http://ru.sport-wiki.org/vidy-sporta/voleybol/
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2) The oil spill in Galicia has had harmful effects on everyone living from the sea. (harm)
3) The 2d of September is a historic date in 1945. (history)
4) The change in the climate has produced disastrous floods in many countries. (disaster)
5) It is not very probable that the world will end in 2020 but there is a possibility ( probability/ possible)
6) Most people in Africa live in extreme poverty. (poor)
7) What I've just told you is extremely important; don't forget it. ( extreme)
8) 97 % of scientists believe climate change is caused by humans, study finds. (science)
9) Many sea species are now in danger of extinction.(extinct)
10) Growing population has many needs which means that there is a depletion of resources on a planetary level ( deplete)
11) Environmentalists are always warning that protecting the environment is essential to our survival. ( survive)