San Diego World Affairs Council - Academic World Quest

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The Carlos and Malú Alvarez

2021 Academic WorldQuest National Competition

Academic WorldQuest is a fun, fast-paced team competition for high school students.

It tests players' knowledge of current international politics, geography, global economics, history, and world cultures.

The winning team is invited to represent San Diego in the national competition ~~in Washington DC~~ (online this year)

on April 17, 2021.

2020-2021 AWQ Topics

Global Protests
Shifting Sands: The Arab Spring 10 Years On
International Labour Organization (ILO)
The U.S. Foreign Service in the 21st Century
Great Decisions (Topics):

Climate Change and the Global Order

India and Pakistan

Red Sea Security

Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking

U.S. Relations with the Northern Triangle

China’s Road into Latin America

The Philippines and the U.S.

Artificial Intelligence and Data

Country in Focus: Uzbekistan
Exploring Peace in a World of Conflict
Fraying Alliances
Looking to a Post-Pandemic Economy
Current Events

Teacher's Corner...

Common Core Standards - Academic WorldQuest contributes to the national Common Core State Standards Initiative by fostering reading comprehension skills for informational text. Topics are compatible with, and enhance, the study of many existing curriculums and AP courses.

For more information, please visit this year's official

AWQ Teacher's Guide

Or download from SDWAC: HERE

How To Participate

Step 1.

Create and register...

Your 4-person* team, and on-campus academic advisor, at our AWQ Registration Page

The cost is $60 per team

(waivable per need--check further below for contact).

Registration deadline is March 1, 2021.

*We request that you register a total of 5 team members (4 participants + 1 substitute), to allow for replacements in the event that one of the original 4 cannot attend.

Step 2.

Download...

The free, Official Study Guide from the WACA site. Alternatively, you may also find it on our site here:

AWQ 2020-2021 Study Guide

All the San Diego competition questions will be drawn from the Official Study Guide--10 questions on 10 topics, for a grand total of 100 questions.

Step 3.

Attend and Compete...

In the San Diego AWQ competition online, on Saturday March 13, 2021 from 9:00am 12:00pm PST

Participants in the San Diego Academic WorldQuest competition receive a free,1-year 'student membership' in the San Diego World Affairs Council – a $25 value.

For more info about the San Diego AWQ Competition, contact:

San Diego AWQ coordinator, David Edick Jr.

edick@sdwac.org or (619) 438-4696

Congratulations to the 2019 Winner:

Canyon Crest Academy!