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Academic WorldQuest 2007 Resources

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Briefly, this year's competition rounds (for both the WACMHV and National competitions) will be:
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  • International Financial Organizations
  • Global Marketplace: Cars, Tech, and Pills
  • The Arab-Israeli Conflict
  • The Geography of Africa
  • Great Decisions 2006 

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  • Countries
  • Current events
  • People in the News
  • The Space Age
  • International Humanitarian Relief Organizations

    • CURRENT MATERIALS

    Great Decisions 2006 Round:

    This round of questions will be based on the Foreign Policy Association's annual "Great Decisions" series. The printed material will be released in the coming months and will be made available to participating teams. In the meantime, you can begin to review the materials upon which the questions will be based at the Foreign Policy Association: Great Decisions (http://www.fpa.org/info-url_nocat4705/info-url_nocat.htm)

    The following links are to each of the on-line topics at the Foreign Policy Association and include many links to further articles of interest.
    bullet UN Reform
    bullet U.S. & Iran
    bullet Energy
    bullet Brazil
    bullet Human Rights
    bullet China & India
    bullet Turkey
    bullet Pandemics and security

    Recommended Readings & Websites:

    WACMHV Links

    Take a look at our general Resources page.

    Southern Center for International Studies (SCIS)

    The SCIS research department has compiled a list of free web site links to bring teachers and students completely up-to-date on world issues.

    International Financial Organizations:

    World Trade Organization, World Bank, International Monetary Fund.

    Current Events

    New York Times http://www.nytimes.com

    BBC news http://news.bbc.co.uk/

    Asia Times Online http://www.atimes.com

    Countries

    State Department Country Background Notes http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn

    CIA -- The World Factbook http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

    BBC News Country Profiles http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm#

    National Geographic-Roper Survey of Geographic Literacy http://www.nationalgeographic.com/roper2006/index.html

    National Geographic's "People and Places" http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/places/directory.html

    My Wonderful World http://www.mywonderfulworld.org/

    United Nations

    http://www.un.org/english/

    Peoples of the World

    Wikipedia list of Ethnic Groups http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups

    People in the News

    A&E Biography http://www.biography.com/

    Info Please Biographies http://www.infoplease.com/people.html
     

    PAST MATERIALS

    2006 WACMHV Regional Competition Questions - Slide Show

    Sample Questions from the 2004, 2005 & 2006 national competitions

    Great Decisions 2005 (used in WorldQuest 2006):
    bullet U.S. Intelligence Reform by David C. Morrison
    bullet Putin’s Second Term: A Scorecard For Russia by Allen C. Lynch
    bullet Outsourcing Jobs: U.S. Dilemma by Bruce Stokes
    bullet China: Economic Giant Emerges by Barry Naughton
    bullet Sudan And The War In Darfur by Robert I. Rotberg
    bullet The U.S. And Global Poverty by Scott Standley
    bullet U.S. Challenges In Iraq And In The Muslim World by Farhad Kazemi and Augustus R. Norton
    bullet Freshwater And Foreign Policy: New Challenges by Peter H. Gleick

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