Course Syllabus

2023-2024 Academic WorldQuest™️ Topics

Academic WorldQuest™ tests students’ knowledge of current international politics, geography, global economics, history, and world cultures. Some 50 World Affairs Councils hold local Academic WorldQuest™ (AWQ) competitions for high school students in their communities. Since 2003, winning teams have traveled to Washington, DC, every April to vie for the national championship.

Each year, the national competition focuses on pressing issues of our time. This year, students will gain knowledge on:

• The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): Alliance and Collective Defense in a Changing World
• Demographic Dividends - Population Shift in Africa
• The Global South
• Sports and Diplomacy
• Country in Focus: South Korea
• Promoting a Green Europe
• Women's Contributions to Track II Diplomacy
• Navigating AI: The Global Workforce
• Great Decisions
• Current Events

• Current Events / Current Event questions will be drawn from the World Affairs Councils 'Weekly World News Update and you can find Weekly News Quizzes & links to the Update here: https://tinyurl.com/39sde4ve

Study guide for 2022-2023 Academic WorldQuest

Study hard and best of luck!!

PS - In addition to Academic WordQuest, this year we will be competing in both the High School Quiz Bowl: Maine competition as well as several MEQBTA (Maine Quiz Bowl Tournament Alliance) Matches. On High School Quiz Show: Maine, we've placed into the final 16 teams in Maine the past three years and gotten the chance to go to live TV shows, finishing up last year in the semi-finals!

We've also been to the SSNCT (Small School Academic Quiz Nationals) in Chicago in 2022 and 2023 as well as placing Number 1 in the State Of Maine Academic Worldquest tournament and representing Maine at Academic WorldQuest Nationals in Washington, DC in 2021!!