Social Studies – 2013 / 2014

The topic, primary reading selection, general knowledge resources and supplemental resource document listings about the scope of this year's topic will be covered.

Larry McCarty [email protected] or [email protected]

Introductory remarks

Contest Basics

the test

objective portion

Section I – 20 questions – 1 point each

Section II – 15 questions – 2 points each

Section III – 10 questions – 3 points each

essay question – 20 points

individual entries

team entry

individual scoring and ranks

team scoring and ranks

wild card competition

Competition

Official UIL

UIL – invitational tournaments

other invitational tournaments

Student Activity Conference 2013 1 Introduction of the topic

2013 – 2014 Topic: Australia and Oceania Neighbors; Past and Present

Primary Reading Selection A Commonwealth of Thieves: The Improbable Birth of Australia by Thomas Keneally

Supplemental Reading Material for information related to the following nations:

Australia Papua New Guinea

Brunei New Zealand

East Timor Nauru

Federated States of Micronesia Palau

Fiji the Philippines

French Polynesia Samoa

Indonesia Solomon Islands

Kiribati Tonga

Malaysia Tuvalo

Marshall Islands Vanuato

Micronesia

BBC Country Profiles:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm

CIA World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

Student Activity Conference 2013 2 Additional Resources (Draft List) http://geography.about.com/od/specificplacesofinterest/a/oceania.htm https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ http://geography.about.com/od/australiamaps/a/australia-geography.htm http://geography.about.com/od/papuanewguineamaps/Papua_New_Guinea_Maps.htm http://geography.about.com/od/atlas/a/newzealand.htm http://geography.about.com/od/solomonislandsmaps/Solomon_Islands_Maps_.htm http://geography.about.com/od/fijimaps/a/fijigeography.htm http://geography.about.com/od/vanuatumaps/a/vanuatugeography.htm http://geography.about.com/od/samoamaps/a/samoa-geography.htm http://geography.about.com/od/kiribatimaps/a/kiribati-geography.htm http://geography.about.com/od/tongamaps/Tonga_Maps_.htm http://geography.about.com/od/micronesia/a/Federated-States-of-Micronesia.htm http://geography.about.com/od/palaumaps/a/palau-geography.htm http://geography.about.com/od/marshallislandsmaps/Marshall_Islands_Maps_.htm http://geography.about.com/od/tuvalumaps/a/tuvalu.htm http://geography.about.com/od/naurumaps/Nauru_Maps_.htm http://geography.about.com/od/specificplacesofinterest/a/oceania.htm http://geography.about.com/library/maps/blrocean.htm

Australia's First Fleet http://www.historyaustralia.org.au/ifhaa/ships/1stfleet.htm

Multicultural transport http://firstfleet.uow.edu.au/s_multi.html http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/australia/

Support Documents

First-hand stories of the First Fleet – several letters and diary excerpts from various people http://firstfleet.uow.edu.au/stories.html

Student Activity Conference 2013 3 Question Resources:

Section One Questions – General Knowledge http://www.australianhistory.org/ http://www.newzealand.com/int/history/ http://www.infoplease.com/country/malaysia.html http://www.infoplease.com/country/indonesia.html http://www.infoplease.com/country/profiles/brunei.html http://www.infoplease.com/country/profiles/east-timor.html http://www.infoplease.com/country/profiles/nauru.html http://www.infoplease.com/country/profiles/micronesia.html http://www.infoplease.com/country/profiles/palau.html http://www.infoplease.com/country/profiles/fiji.html http://www.infoplease.com/country/profiles/philippines.html http://www.infoplease.com/country/profiles/samoa.html http://www.infoplease.com/country/profiles/solomon-islands.html http://www.infoplease.com/country/profiles/kiribati.html http://www.infoplease.com/country/profiles/tonga.html http://www.infoplease.com/country/profiles/tuvalu.html http://www.infoplease.com/country/profiles/marshall-islands.html http://www.infoplease.com/country/profiles/vanuatu.html http://www.infoplease.com/country/profiles/micronesia.html

Student Activity Conference 2013 4 Section one questions will be based on the following:

historical figures early explorers major leaders relative location political development economic development general cultural issues international relations of individual nations

Section two questions: A Commonwealth of Thieves: The Improbable Birth of Australia

index notations major concepts and issues key historical developments political development

Section three questions: CIA World Factbook and BBC Country Profile information regarding list of nations – key emphasis on geography

Information NOT covered in questions:

specific numerical data specific dates (sequence of events is more relevant) current information such as present political leaders, etc. anecdotal events and / or examples general statistics comparison of detailed economic data between nations

Student Activity Conference 2013 5 BASIC GEOGRAPHY CONCEPTS GENERAL TERMS absolute location ASEAN active volcano ANZUS alluvial soils bio-diversity altitude British East India Company archipelago cyclone aurora Australis equator atoll hydro-electric power bay Maoris beach shark sanctuary biological diversity biosphere GENERAL INDIVIDUALS canal climate change George Barrett culture George Bass demography William Bligh density Louis de Bouganville desert Juan Sebastian del Cano dormant volcano Jan Carstensz ecology William Dampier elevation Captain John Fearn emergent coastline Matthew Flinders erosion Jean-Francois de Galaup estuary Dirk Hartog extinct volcano Willem Janszoon global warming Alvaro de Mendana greenhouse effect George Lewis "Louis" Becke gulf Jack O’Brien harbor Arent de Peyster heavy industry Pedro Fernandes de Queiros hemisphere Abel Tasman hydrography Luis Vaez de Torres island Willem de Vlamingh latitude leeward GENERAL LOCATIONS light industry longitude Andaman Sea map Arafura Sea maritime climate Banda Sea ocean Borneo peninsula Bougainville physiography Brunei Bay rainforest Celebes Sea region Coral Sea sea level Easter Island sediment Great Australian Bight strait Gulf of Carpentaria topography Helen Reef Indian Ocean Java Sea Student Activity Conference 2013 6 Kayangel Islands John Howard Koro Sea Paul Keating Pacific Ocean Sir John Kerr Philippine Sea Arthur Phillip Pitcairn Islands Kevin Rudd Singapore James Stirling South China Sea Gough Whitlam Solomon Sea Spratley Islands locations and geographic terms Strait of Malacca Sulu Sea Adelaide Tasman Sea Alice Springs Timor Sea Brisbane Cairns AUSTRALIA Canberra Dampier general terms Darwin Efate Aboriginal Espiritu Santo Aboriginal culture Gladstone Aboriginal people Great Barrier Reef asylum Heard Island Australian ballot Hobart Australia Act, 1986 Lake Eyre Antarctic-Environmental Protocol Launceston Antarctic Treaty Lord Howe Island boat people Mackay Citizenship Act Macquarie Island Commonwealth of Australia Malekula convicts Malo cricket Manus Island desertification McDonald Island endangered species Melbourne First Fleet Mount Kosciuszko gold Newcastle Hawke Keating Labor Government New Holland Immigration Restoration Act New South Wales Native Title Act Pentecost Pacific Solution Perth penal colony Port Hedland “Stolen Generation” Port Phillip Bay squatters Sydney urbanization Sydney Harbor “White Australia Policy” Snowy Mountains Yuggera Tanna Tasmania individuals Victoria

Donald Bradman Captain James Cook Malcolm Fraser Student Activity Conference 2013 7 BRUNEI Denpasar Java general terms Jakarta Kalimantan Dusuns Kupang Ibans Irian Java Murut Medan Rainforest Declarations New Guinea Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque Padang Sulawesi Individuals Sumatra Surabaya Sultan Omar MALAYSIA locations and geographic terms general terms Bander Seri Begawan Bangar British Settlements of Malacca Kampong Jerudong Colony of Straits Settlement Lumut Federated Malay States Maura Federation of Malaya Seria Sukang individuals Tutong Anwar Ibrahim FIJI Mahathir Mohamed Tunku Abdul Rahman Bano George Speight locations and geographic terms Suva Vanua Levi Georgetown Viti Levu Johor Bharu Johore INDONESIA Kedah Kelang individuals Kelantan Kuala Lumpur Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Malacca B J Habibie Melaka General Suharto Negri Sembilan Dewi Sukarno Pahang Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur) Penang Perak locations and geographic terms Perlis Sabah Aceh Sarawak Ambon Selangor Bandung Trengganu Banjarmasin Biak Celebes Student Activity Conference 2013 8 MICRONESIA Whangarei

Chuuk PHILLIPINES Compact of Free Association Kosrae general terms Palikir Pohnpei individuals Trust Territory of the Pacific Ocean Yap Emilio Aguinaldo Benigo Aquino NEW ZEALAND Corazon Aquino Ferdinand Marcos general terms Manuel Quezon

Land Wars locations and geographic terms Maori New Zealand Wars Aparn Treaty of Waitangi Babuyan Islands Waitangi Tribunal Basilan Islands Cebro City individuals Guimaras Islands Leyte James Bolger Luzon Helen Clark Luzon Strait James Cook Manila Sir Edmund Hillary Mindanao Geoffrey Palmer Mindoro Jenny Shipley Mount Apo Abel Tasman Mount Mayon Negros locations and geographic terms Palawan Panay Antipodes Island Group Puerto Princess Aoraki-Mount Cook Quezon City Auckland Auckland Islands SAMOA Bounty Islands Campbell Island Apia Christchurch Apolima Strait Cook Strait Mulifanua Hamilton Jacob Roggeveen Invercargill Salelologa Napier Savai’i Nelson King Malietoa Tanumafili II North Island Upolu Palmerston North Snares Islands Stewart Island Tauranga Three Kings Islands Wellington Student Activity Conference 2013 9 SOLOMON ISLANDS HMS Guardian HMS Pandora Duff Islands HMS Resolution Florida Islands HMS Sirius Honiara HMS Supply Malaitans hull New Georgia Islands ice outcrop New Georgia Sound Justinian Russell Islands keel San Cristobal Lady Juliana Santa Cruz Islands Lady Penrhyn Santa Isabel latitude Istabus Mary Anne Isatabu Freedom Movement mate Melanesians Matilda Mercury NAUTICAL TERMS mess steward mutiny Active Navy Board Admiral Barrington Neptune Albemarl e orlop deck Alexander Prince of Wales anchor quarter-deck Atlantic Queen barque ran aground bilboes Roaring Forties Borrowdale rudder bow Salamander brig Scarborough Britannia scuttled cask sealing Charlotte second mate charter slavers chronometer sloop embayed snow first mate Spithead Fishburn stern flotilla stowaway fother Surprize Friendship tender frigate tonnage gale transport Golden Grove uprising Gorgon whalers grog whaling gun deck William and Anne heavy sailer Zeehaean Heemskerck HMS HMS Adventure HMS Endeavour Student Activity Conference 2013 10 General Suggestions

regular practice schedule

use of flash cards

students question writing assignments

attend practice tournaments – both physical and virtual

subscribe to practice material supplies

attend student activity conferences

network and ask lots of questions

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