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