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電大《社會保障學》期末復習資料考試小抄 一、單項選擇題 1、（ B ）是一種特殊的社會保障。P5 A、社會救助B、社會優(yōu)撫C、社會福利 D、社會保險 2、通常被稱為“最后的安全網”，也是最低的社會保障，是人類社會最悠久的一種保障形式的是（A）。P5或218 A、社會救助B、社會保障 C、社會福利 D、社會保險 3、（C）是最高層次的社會保障制度。 A、社會救助B、社會保障 C、社會福利 D、社會保險 4、“從搖籃到墳墓”是形容（B）的社會保障模式。P8 A、社會保險型模式B、福利國家型模式C、強制性儲蓄型模式D、國家保險型模式 5、我國實行的是（D）社會保障基金的籌集模式。P45 A、社會統(tǒng)籌模式B、個人帳戶模式 C、現(xiàn)收現(xiàn)付制 D、A和B 6、（D）被譽為西方“福利國家櫥窗”。P76 A、美國B、英國C、德國D、瑞典 7、（B）是建立現(xiàn)代意義上的社會養(yǎng)老保險制度的第一個國家。P76 A、美國B、德國C、新加坡D、智利 8、中國享受基本養(yǎng)老保險金的條件之一是參加保險繳費期限要滿（C）年。P80 A、5年B、10年C、15年D、20年 9、中國養(yǎng)老保險制度中的“老人”是指（A）。P89 A、1997年前退休人員B、1997年后退休的人員 C、1997年后參保的人員D、1997年前參加工作，1997年后才退休的人員 10、企業(yè)年金計劃是企業(yè)舉辦的一項（B）P97 A．醫(yī)療保險計劃 B．養(yǎng)老保險計劃 C．工傷保險計劃 D．失業(yè)保險計劃 11、1883年（C）政府頒布的《疾病保險法》標志著醫(yī)療保險強制性社會保障制度的確立。P102 A、美國B、英國C、德國D、中國 12、我國城鎮(zhèn)職工基本醫(yī)療保險籌集中，個人繳費費率為本人工資收入的（B）。P124 A、1% B、2% C、3% D、4% 13、我國城鎮(zhèn)職工基本醫(yī)療保險水平的封頂線控制在當?shù)芈毠つ昶骄べY的（C）倍左右。P126 A、2 B、3 C、4 D、5 14、我國法定勞動年齡范圍是（C）。P131 A、16-50 B、18-50 C、16-60 D、16-67 15、在我國完全由政府承辦，沒有商業(yè)保險公司參加的保險是（D）。P131 A、養(yǎng)老保險 B、醫(yī)療保險 C、生育保險 D、失業(yè)保險 16、世界上第一個強制性失業(yè)保險制度是（B）政府建立的。P136 A、美國B、英國C、德國D、中國 17、在中國失業(yè)保險雇員的繳費率是（A）。P137 A、1% B、2% C、3% D、4% 18、我國經歷了（C）次失業(yè)高峰。P140 A、3 B、4 C、5 D、6 19、1884年（C）頒布了世界上第一部工傷保險法。P160 A、美國B、英國C、德國D、中國 20、以下哪項屬于可認定為工傷的？（B）P170 A、醉酒死亡B、患職業(yè)病C、自殘或自殺D、因犯罪傷亡的 21、我國2002年（C）首次將工傷康復納入到工傷保險范圍。P189 A、北京 B、上海 C、廣州 D、天津 22、我國產假標準目前為（C）天。P198 A、30 B、60 C、90 D、120 23、1993年6月1日，（B）市正式實施最低生活保障制度，標志我國最低生活保障制度正式建立。P237 A、北京 B、上海 C、廣州 D、天津 24、（C）是國家專門為傷亡的軍人、人民警察和國家機關工作人員提供撫恤的社會保障制度。P284 A、社會福利 B、社會救助 C、社會優(yōu)撫 D、工傷保險 25、對于貧困的農村居民而言，（A）是最后一條保障線。P329 A、農村最低生活保障制度 B、農村“五?！敝贫? C、農村救災救濟制度 D、農村臨時性救助制度 26、目前中國中西部地區(qū)農村的最低生活保障標準每年為（C）。P330 A、300 B、600 C、600-80 D、1000-2000 27、農村臨時性救助制度的標準一般不超過2000元，每年每戶一般不超過（B）次。P336 A、1 B、2 C、3 D、4 28、在中國新型農村社會養(yǎng)老保險制度中，地方政府對參保人繳費給予補貼標準不低于每人每年（A）元標準。P338 A、30 B、60 C、80 D、100 29、前蘇聯(lián)以及我國在“文革”之前的勞動保險是采?。―）管理模式。P366 A、政府和公法機構共同管理模式 B、政府與私人企業(yè)共同管理模式 C、政府直接管理模式 D、政府和工會共同管理模式 30、在我國社會救助、社會福利和社會優(yōu)撫的業(yè)務管理由（C）部門承擔。P387 A、社會保險經辦機構 B、財政部 C、民政行政部門 D、衛(wèi)生部 二、多項選擇題 1、社會保障相關主體主要包括：（ABCD）P3 A、政府 B、保險經辦機構 C、用人單位 D、參保人 2、社會保障的核心內容有（ABCD）三大部分。P4 A、社會救助 B、社會優(yōu)撫 C、社會福利 D、社會保險 3、社會保障基金的全部內容包括（ABC）。P37 A、籌集 B、支付 C、管理 D、模式 4、社會保障基金籌集的原則包括（ABD）。P41 A、適度原則B、公平原則C、最大化原則D、依法籌集原則 5、我國目前企業(yè)職工社會保障基金的投資方式主要是（AD）。P61 A、國債B、股票C、基金D、銀行存款 7、中國醫(yī)療保險制度中的“兩定點”是指（AD）。P107 A、定點醫(yī)院 B、定點賠付 C、藥品目錄 D、定點藥店 8、中國醫(yī)療保險制度中的“三目錄”是指（ABC）。P107 A、藥品目錄B、診療目錄C、醫(yī)療服務設施范圍和支付標準目錄D、醫(yī)院目錄 9、我國現(xiàn)行的醫(yī)療保險制度包括（BC）。P117 A、國家醫(yī)療保險B、城鎮(zhèn)醫(yī)療保險C、農村合作醫(yī)療保險D、單位醫(yī)療保險 10、以下哪些是“合格失業(yè)者”所必須具備的條件。（ABCD）P137 A、非自愿失業(yè)B、有就業(yè)愿意C、及時辦理了失業(yè)登記手續(xù)D、工作后失業(yè) 11、失業(yè)補救的辦法有（ABCD）。 A、實施職業(yè)輪換B、轉業(yè)培訓C、開辟家政服務就業(yè)領域D、建立和完善就業(yè)信息網絡 12、下列屬于工傷的是（AB）。P157 A、因工傷亡B、職業(yè)病C、自然生病D、非機動車交通事故受傷 13、工傷待遇包括（ABCD）。P171 A、工傷醫(yī)療待遇B、工傷停工期內工資福利待遇C、因工致殘待遇D、因工死亡待遇 14、生育保險待遇內容包括（ABCD）。P202 A、產假津貼B、醫(yī)療費用C、生育補助D、生育休假 15、社會救助標準的計算方法包括（ABCD）。P230 A、市場菜籃子法B、恩格爾系數(shù)法C、馬丁法D、收入比例法 16、家計調查的內容包括（BCD）。P234 A、人口B、收入C、財產D、工作 17、中國專項的社會救助制度包括（ABC）。P243-248 A、醫(yī)療救助B、住房救助C、教育救助D、工傷救助 18、按社會福利的對象，社會福利類型可劃分為（ABD）。P256 A、老年人福利B、殘疾人福利C、全民性社會福利D、婦女兒童福利 19、社會優(yōu)撫是一項綜合性的社會保障制度，具體包括（ABD）。P285 A、優(yōu)待 B、撫恤 C、全民性社會福利 D、安置 20、中國農村的扶貧開發(fā)是指對農村有一定生產能力的貧困人口，給予（ABCD）等方面的扶持。P342 A、思想 B、政策 C、資金 D、信息 21、農村社會救助制度主要包括：（ABC）。P352 A、農村最低生活保障制度 B、農村五保供養(yǎng)制度 C、農村臨時救助制度 D、農村社會保險制度 三、判斷題 1、社會保障基金的內容無非是“收、支、管”，即社會保障基金的籌集、支付和管理。（√）P4 2、新中國成立后建立了“社會保險型”的社會保障體制。（）P9 3、在社會保障概念中，平等的一定是公平的，公平也一定是平等的。（）P22 4、平等與效率是處在一個連續(xù)統(tǒng)一體的兩端，公平是權衡的取舍點。（√）P26 5、部分積累制是指當年提取當年支付，一般不留結余，以支定收。（）P45 6、完全積累制是以遠期縱向平衡為原則，實質是個體一生中的代內收入再分配制度。（√）P46 7、養(yǎng)老保險制度模式往往是國家社會保險制度模式的代表。（√）P74 8、企業(yè)年金是養(yǎng)老金的第二支柱，被稱為“企業(yè)補充養(yǎng)老保險”。（√）P97 9、第三方付費制度是工傷保險所獨有的特點。（）P99 10、醫(yī)療保險中的待遇水平由三方面體現(xiàn)，即起付線、封頂線和報銷比例。（√）P115 11、1986年頒布的《國營企業(yè)職工待業(yè)保險暫行規(guī)定》，是新中國成立后建立的第一個正式的失業(yè)保險制度。（√）P147 12、中國治理第四次失業(yè)高峰采取的辦法是啟動了“中國下崗職工再就業(yè)工程”。（）P142 13、失業(yè)預防、失業(yè)保險和失業(yè)補救構成了就業(yè)保險制度。（√）P155 14、在我國工傷保險基金籌集中，用人單位繳費是最主要的基金來源。（√）P165 15、在上下班途中受到非機動車事故傷害的應認定為工傷。（）P168 16、工傷預防、工傷補償和工傷康復是工傷保險的三大支柱。（√）P180 17、2003年頒布的《工傷保險條例》是中國第一部專門的工傷保險行政法規(guī)。（√）P183 18、生育責任的承擔者只是女性，不包括男性。（）P194 19、我國生育保險工資替代率為100%，高于國際標準。（√）P198 20、恩格爾系數(shù)的值越低，說明民眾的生活水平越低，反之則說明越高。（√）P231 21、家計調查等同于貧困調查。（）P233 22、中國現(xiàn)行的社會救助制度包括最低生活保障制度和專項社會救助。（√）P237-243或251 23、通常貧困被劃分為絕對貧困和相對貧困。（√）P219 24、廣義的社會福利概念只是面向貧困者或者特殊社會群體的福利安排。（）P255 25、中國自20世紀90年代以后從原有的福利教育制度進入到了一個混合型多元教育體系階段。（√）P280 26、中國農村的“五保”制度是指“保吃、保住、保燒、保教、保葬”。（√）P320 27、新型農村社會養(yǎng)老保險制度的保障對象為：年滿16歲（不含在校學生）、未參加城鎮(zhèn)職工基本養(yǎng)老保險的農村居民。（√）P337 28、新型農村合作醫(yī)療制度的保障對象是部分農村居民。（）P340 29、在我國社會保險業(yè)務管理是由社會保險的經辦機構承擔的，屬營利性質的事業(yè)單位。（）P374 30、我國當前的社會保障管理體制，是在國務院集中統(tǒng)一領導下，采取條塊結合、以塊為主的分級管理體制。（√）P387 四、簡答題 1、社會保障的定義及核心內容？ 答：社會保障是國家通過征稅、收費、接受捐贈等手段籌集資金，以社會保險、社會救助、社會福利和社會優(yōu)撫等方式，防范風險并為喪失勞動能力和暫時無收入者提供基本生活、為貧困者提供最低生活、為軍人提供特殊關照、為全體國民增進生活福利的一種社會制度。 其核心內容包括： （1）社會保險； （2）社會救助； （3）社會福利； （4）社會優(yōu)撫。 2、社會保障的三種體制和四種模式是什么？ 答；三種體制是： （1）社會民主主義福利體制； （2）自由主義福利體制； （3）合作主義福利體制。 四種模式是： （1）福利國家型； （2）社會保險型； （3）國家保險型； （4）個人儲蓄型； 3、養(yǎng)老保險的定義和特點？ 答：養(yǎng)老保險是政府主辦，通過國家立法保障退休老人基本生活的一種社會保險制度。 其特點有： （1）養(yǎng)老保險承諾與兌現(xiàn)之間的時間最長。 （2）養(yǎng)老保險是實際享受人數(shù)最多的險種之一。 （3）養(yǎng)老保險費用的收和支出龐大。 （4）養(yǎng)老保險制度模式往往是國家社會保險制度模式的代表。 4、失業(yè)的類型有哪些？ （1）摩擦性失業(yè) （2）結構性失業(yè) （3）周期性失業(yè) （4）季節(jié)性失業(yè) （5）技術性失業(yè) 5、工傷保險的一般原則？ 答：（1）補償不究過失原則，又稱無過失補償原則，指在勞動者負傷后，不管過失在雇主還是勞動者一方，工傷職工均可獲得收入補償以保障其基本生活。（2）勞動者個人不繳費原則，這是工傷保險區(qū)別于其他社會保險項目的顯著特點。（3）待遇優(yōu)厚原則，工傷保險雖然不要求個人繳費，但在待遇上卻要其他社會保險項目都要優(yōu)厚一些。（4）救治、補償、預防與康復相結合原則，工傷事故或者直接造成勞動者身體傷害，或者造成職業(yè)病，二者都離不開醫(yī)療救治。 6、社會救助的作用和特征？ 答：社會求助的作用： （1）緩解貧困 （2）促進分配，穩(wěn)定經濟。 （3）促進社會融合。 社會救助的特征： （1）國家是責任主體。 （2）享受社會救助是公民的權利。 （3）受助者需要接受家計調查。 （每條要做簡短解釋） 7、什么是恩格爾系數(shù)法？它的優(yōu)缺點是什么？ 答：恩格爾系數(shù)是目前較為普遍地用于分析特定國家或地區(qū)民眾生活水平和貧困程度的指標之一。恩格爾系數(shù)值越大，說明該地區(qū)民眾總支出中，用于食品消費等基本生活支出的比重越高。恩格爾系數(shù)根據滿足生活需求最低營養(yǎng)攝取標準確定食品消費項目和數(shù)量，計算出飲食費用，用它除以計算期最低收入水平組的恩格爾系數(shù)，即可得到貧困線。 （1）優(yōu)點：方法簡便易行，可以用代表一般市民生活水平的恩格爾系統(tǒng)來求得社會救助受助者的消費水平。 （2）缺點：要求恩格爾系數(shù)比較穩(wěn)定。由于受價格、地域等因素影響，我國恩格爾系統(tǒng)變化較大，易受主觀判斷影響，且反映的貧困過于絕對，另外對基本生活費的規(guī)定有局限性，過于偏頗。 8、中國現(xiàn)行的社會福利制度包括哪些內容？ 答：（1）老年人福利 （2）殘疾人福利 （3）兒童福利 （4）住房福利 （5）教育福利 9、什么是社會優(yōu)撫？包括哪些項目？ 答：社會優(yōu)撫是國家專門為傷亡軍人、人民警察和國家機關工作人員提供撫恤，為軍人和人民警察及其家庭提供擾待，為退出現(xiàn)役的軍人予以生活安置和就業(yè)安排而建立的社會保障制度。 社會優(yōu)撫是一項綜合性的社會保障制度，具體包括優(yōu)待、撫恤和安置三類項目。 10、社會保障管理的含義和一般原則？ 答：社會保障管理是指社會保障責任機構和人員通過規(guī)劃、組織、領導、人事和控制等活動經濟有效地完成社會保障任務的過程。 社會保障管理的一般原則： （1）服務至上原則。 （2）公開、公正和效率原則。 （3）屬地管理原則。 （4）與相關系統(tǒng)協(xié)調一致原則。 五、論述題 1、試述當前我國社會保障管理存在的問題有哪些？ （1）中央和地方社會保障財政責任不明確（2）統(tǒng)籌層次低，政策不統(tǒng)一，阻礙了勞動力跨地區(qū)流動，導致參保人社會保障權益受損。（3）社會保障管理體制不統(tǒng)一，部門利益明顯。（4）社會保障法律強制性不夠，政策透明度差。（5）社會保險經辦機構權責不到位，監(jiān)督不力。（6）社會保障管理行政色彩濃，社會化服務不夠。 2、試論述絕對貧困和相對貧困的內涵是什么？它們各有什么特點？ （一）絕對貧困是只停留在物質層面上的貧困，可以被理解為物質上的匱乏，是指缺乏為維持身體健康而絕對必需的物品的狀態(tài)。 絕對貧困的特征主要有： （1）絕對貧困是指必需品的缺乏而導致生存受到威脅，這些必需品通常是指維持生存的物質，如，食品、住房、衣服等。 （2）絕對貧困在消費方面表現(xiàn)為，由于收入極低，難以滿足人類在衣依住行等方面的基本消費。 （3）絕對貧困在發(fā)展方面表現(xiàn)為，由于生產資料的缺乏，難以維持簡單再生產，更難以擴大再生產，從而陷入“貧困循環(huán)”之中。 （二）相對貧困是相比較而言的貧困。是建立在將窮人的生活水平與其他較為不貧困的社會成員的生活水平相比較的基礎上的，通常這包括對作為研究對象的社會的總體平均水平的測度。 相對貧困的特征有： （1）相對貧困是一種主觀判斷，是由社會作出的，它實際上是社會上多數(shù)人對于較低生活水平的一定確認，如有的國家以全國人均收入的一定比例作為貧困標準，而有的國家則以中位收入水平的一定比例作為貧困標準。 （2）相對貧困具有歷史動態(tài)性。隨著不同時期的社會生產力和生活方式的變化，貧困標準也有很大差別。（3）相對貧困具有長期性。相對貧困實質是不平等，只要社會存在不平等，就存在相對貧困，在現(xiàn)實上，不平等是常態(tài)，因而相對貧困也將普遍存在。 3、試論述社會保障制度的意義？ 一、在思想文化方面 （1）社會保障是各類公正公平思想的具體體現(xiàn)，不同的社會保障制度模式反應的是不同的社會保障公正分配的思想，社會保障制度建設也豐富了各派社會公正理論。 （2）社會保障的實踐加深人們對人權意識和同舟共濟思想的認識。社會保障的最初目的就是為了避免人道主義災難，是對人權的保障。同時，社會保障通過稅收和集資再分配，救助貧困、普惠福利、縮小貧富差距，是“我為人人、人人為我”的理想發(fā)揚光大。 二、在政治方面 （1）社會保障提升了政府的權力和責任.社會保障一般由政府主辦，事關民生，這就意味著政府的社會權利增大，同時人民對政府改善民生的期望也相應增大，政府的社會責任也相應增大，社會保障制度設計和執(zhí)行的水平成為政府執(zhí)政能力的重要體現(xiàn)。 （2）社會保障政策成為各政黨爭取民意的手段。既然社會保障關系到人們的福利，社會保障政策就成為普通百姓最關心的國家政策之一，其任何變化都會引起民眾反響。 三、在經濟方面，社會保障既能成為經濟發(fā)展的動力，也能成為經濟發(fā)展的阻礙，關鍵是適度，符合國情，與經濟發(fā)展水平相適應。 四、在社會方面，社會保障總體上社會更加穩(wěn)定，另外，社會保障制度降低了家庭的保障功能，養(yǎng)兒防老的必要性下降，對出生率和家庭解體起了推波助瀾的作用。 Basketball can make a true claim to being the only major sport that is an American invention. From high school to the professional level, basketball attracts a large following for live games as well as television coverage of events like the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) annual tournament and the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Womens National Basketball Association (WNBA) playoffs. And it has also made American heroes out of its player and coach legends like Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Sheryl Swoopes, and other great players. At the heart of the game is the playing space and the equipment. The space is a rectangular, indoor court. The principal pieces of equipment are the two elevated baskets, one at each end (in the long direction) of the court, and the basketball itself. The ball is spherical in shape and is inflated. Basket-balls range in size from 28.5-30 in (72-76 cm) in circumference, and in weight from 18-22 oz (510-624 g). For players below the high school level, a smaller ball is used, but the ball in mens games measures 29.5-30 in (75-76 cm) in circumference, and a womens ball is 28.5-29 in (72-74 cm) in circumference. The covering of the ball is leather, rubber, composition, or synthetic, although leather covers only are dictated by rules for college play, unless the teams agree otherwise. Orange is the regulation color. At all levels of play, the home team provides the ball. Inflation of the ball is based on the height of the balls bounce. Inside the covering or casing, a rubber bladder holds air. The ball must be inflated to a pressure sufficient to make it rebound to a height (measured to the top of the ball) of 49-54 in (1.2-1.4 m) when it is dropped on a solid wooden floor from a starting height of 6 ft (1.80 m) measured from the bottom of the ball. The factory must test the balls, and the air pressure that makes the ball legal in keeping with the bounce test is stamped on the ball. During the intensity of high school and college tourneys and the professional playoffs, this inflated sphere commands considerable attention. Basketball is one of few sports with a known date of birth. On December 1, 1891, in Springfield, Massachusetts, James Naismith hung two half-bushel peach baskets at the opposite ends of a gymnasium and out-lined 13 rules based on five principles to his students at the International Training School of the Young Mens Christian Association (YMCA), which later became Springfield College. Naismith (1861-1939) was a physical education teacher who was seeking a team sport with limited physical contact but a lot of running, jumping, shooting, and the hand-eye coordination required in handling a ball. The peach baskets he hung as goals gave the sport the name of basketball. His students were excited about the game, and Christmas vacation gave them the chance to tell their friends and people at their local YMCAs about the game. The association leaders wrote to Naismith asking for copies of the rules, and they were published in the Triangle, the school newspaper, on January 15,1892. Naismiths five basic principles center on the ball, which was described as "large, light, and handled with the hands." Players could not move the ball by running alone, and none of the players was restricted against handling the ball. The playing area was also open to all players, but there was to be no physical contact between players; the ball was the objective. To score, the ball had to be shot through a horizontal, elevated goal. The team with the most points at the end of an allotted time period wins. Early in the history of basketball, the local YMCAs provided the gymnasiums, and membership in the organization grew rapidly. The size of the local gym dictated the number of players; smaller gyms used five players on a side, and the larger gyms allowed seven to nine. The team size became generally established as five in 1895, and, in 1897, this was made formal in the rules. The YMCA lost interest in supporting the game because 10-20 basketball players monopolized a gymnasium previously used by many more in a variety of activities. YMCA membership dropped, and basketball enthusiasts played in local halls. This led to the building of basketball gymnasiums at schools and colleges and also to the formation of professional leagues. Although basketball was born in the United States, five of Naismiths original players were Canadians, and the game spread to Canada immediately. It was played in France by 1893; England in 1894; Australia, China, and India between 1895 and 1900; and Japan in 1900. From 1891 through 1893, a soccer ball was used to play basketball. The first basketball was manufactured in 1894. It was 32 in (81 cm) in circumference, or about 4 in (10 cm) larger than a soccer ball. The dedicated basketball was made of laced leather and weighed less than 20 oz (567 g). The first molded ball that eliminated the need for laces was introduced in 1948; its construction and size of 30 in (76 cm) were ruled official in 1949. The rule-setters came from several groups early in the 1900s. Colleges and universities established their rules committees in 1905, the YMCA and the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) created a set of rules jointly, state militia groups abided by a shared set of rules, and there were two professional sets of rules. A Joint Rules Committee for colleges, the AAU, and the YMCA was created in 1915, and, under the name the National Basketball Committee (NBC) made rules for amateur play until 1979. In that year, the National Federation of State High School Associations began governing the sport at the high school level, and the NCAA Rules Committee assumed rule-making responsibilities for junior colleges, colleges, and the Armed Forces, with a similar committee holding jurisdiction over womens basketball. Until World War II, basketball became increasingly popular in the United States especially at the high school and college levels. After World War II, its popularity grew around the world. In the 1980s, interest in the game truly exploded because of television exposure. Broadcast of the NCAA Championship Games began in 1963, and, by the 1980s, cable television was carrying regular season college games and even high school championships in some states. Players like Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) became nationally famous at the college level and carried their fans along in their professional basketball careers. The womens game changed radically in 1971 when separate rules for women were modified to more closely resemble the mens game. Television interest followed the women as well with broadcast of NCAA championship tourneys beginning in the early 1980s and the formation of the WNBA in 1997. Internationally, Italy has probably become the leading basketball nation outside of the United States, with national, corporate, and professional teams. The Olympics boosts basketball internationally and has also spurred the womens game by recognizing it as an Olympic event in 1976. Again, television coverage of the Olympics has been exceptionally important in drawing attention to international teams. The first professional mens basketball league in the United States was the National Basketball League (NBL), which debuted in 1898. Players were paid on a per-game basis, and this league and others were hurt by the poor quality of games and the ever-changing players on a team. After the Great Depression, a new NBL was organized in 1937, and the Basketball Association of America was organized in 1946. The two leagues came to agree that players had to be assigned to teams on a contract basis and that high standards had to govern the game; under these premises, the two joined to form the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1949. A rival American Basketball Association (ABA) was inaugurated in 1967 and challenged the NBA for college talent and market share for almost ten years. In 1976, this league disbanded, but four of its teams remained as NBA teams. Unification came just in time for major television support. Several womens professional leagues were attempted and failed, including the Womens Professional Basketball League (WBL) and the Womens World Basketball Association, before the WNBA debuted in 1997 with the support of the NBA. James Naismith, originally from Al-monte, Ontario, invented basketball at the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891. The game was first played with peach baskets (hence the name) and a soccer ball and was intended to provide indoor exercise for football players. As a result, it was originally a rough sport. Although ten of Naismiths original thirteen rules remain, the game soon changed considerably, and the founder had little to do with its evolution. The first intercollegiate game was played in Minnesota in 1895, with nine players to a side and a final score of nine to three. A year later, the first five-man teams played at the University of Chicago. Baskets were now constructed of twine nets but it was not until 1906 that the bottom of the nets were open. In 1897, the dribble was first used, field goals became two points, foul shots one point, and the first professional game was played. A year later, the first professional league was started, in the East, while in 1900, the first intercollegiate league began. In 1910, in order to limit rough play, it was agreed that four fouls would disqualify players, and glass backboards were used for the first time. Nonetheless, many rules still differed, depending upon where the games were played and whether professionals, collegians, or YMCA players were involved. College basketball was played from Texas to Wisconsin and throughout the East through the 1920s, but most teams played only in their own regions, which prevented a national game or audience from developing. Professional basketball was played almost exclusively in the East before the 1920s, except when a team would "barnstorm" into the Midwest to play local teams, often after a league had folded. Before the 1930s very few games, either professional or amateur, were played in facilities suitable for basketball or with a perfectly round ball. Some were played in arenas with chicken wire separating the players from fans, thus the word "cagers," others with posts in the middle of the floor and often with balconies overhanging the corners, limiting the areas from which shots could be taken. Until the late 1930s, all players used the two-hand set shot, and scores remained low. Basketball in the 1920s and 1930s became both more organized and more popular, although it still lagged far behind both baseball and college football. In the pros, five urban, ethnic teams excelled and played with almost no college graduates. They were the New York Original Celtics; the Cleveland Rosenblums, owned by Max Rosenblum; Eddie Gottliebs Philadelphia SPHAs (South Philadelphia Hebrew Association); and two great black teams, the New York Renaissance Five and Abe Sapersteins Harlem Globetrotters, which was actually from Chicago. While these teams had some notable players, no superstars, such as Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, or Red Grange, emerged to capture the publics attention as they did in other sports of the period. The same was true in college basketball up until the late 1930s, with coaches dominating the game and its development. Walter "Doc" Meanwell at Wisconsin, Forrest "Phog" Allen at Kansas, Ward "Piggy" Lambert at Purdue, and Henry "Doc" Carlson at Pittsburgh all made significant contributions to the games development: zone defenses, the weave, the passing game, and the fast break. In the decade preceding World War II, five events changed college basketball and allowed it to become a major spectator sport. In 1929, the rules committee reversed a decision that would have outlawed dribbling and slowed the game considerably. Five years later, promoter Edward "Ned" Irish staged the first intersectional twin bill in Madison Square Garden in New York City and attracted more than 16,000 fans. He demonstrated the appeal of major college ball and made New York its center. In December 1936, Hank Luisetti of Stanford revealed the virtues of the one-handed shot to an amazed Garden audience and became the first major collegiate star. Soon thereafter, Luisetti scored an incredible fifty points against Duquesne, thus ending the Easts devotion to the set shot and encouraging a more open game. In consecutive years the ce