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100
This East Asian island nation is well-known for its cultural contributions (including video games and sushi) and brands that have achieved great popularity in the West, with businesses like Nintendo, Sony, and Toyota.
What is Japan?
100
The national mottos of this country include "In God We Trust", "E Pluribus Unum" (Out of many, one) "Annuit Cœptis" (He [God] favors our undertakings) and "Novus Ordo Seclorum" (New order of the ages).
What is the United States?
100
If you need to step outside for a personal reason (blowing your nose, heading to the bathroom, etc.) you can raise this point when given an opportunity by the chair.
What is a point of personal privilege?
100
What must you ALWAYS DO before leaving to get food or to go anywhere during a break at a conference?
What is "tell Mrs. Steiner where I'm going"?
100
Most nations in the continent of Europe belong to this well-known economic union (with one notable exception), including provisions for customs standardization, free trade, and common economic policy.
What is the European Union?
200
Frequently nicknamed "Oz" or "The Land Down Under" and among the largest countries in the world, this nation is a prominent member of the Commonwealth and, interestingly enough, participates in the Eurovision Song Contest.
What is Australia?
200
Surprisingly, the majority religion in Malaysia is not Buddhism, but this other Asian religion (which it shares with a number of its neighbors, such as Indonesia and Brunei).
What is Islam?
200
Every good position paper must include one of these at the end - after all, you can't make unsupported claims!
What is a citations page?
200
NHSMUN will be taking place in this month.
What is March?
200
Critical for membership, members of the supranational organization OPEC are rich in this natural resource.
What is oil?
300
Once a powerful, globe-spanning empire (in fact, an explorer from this country led the first expedition that circumnavigated the world), this European nation has since fallen from grace, though not in soccer!
What is Portugal?
300
After a hard-fought struggle, Vietnam originally gained its independence from this country in the 1950s.
What is France?
300
Instead of resolutions, these are the primary mode of taking action in a crisis committee and can be submitted at any time.
What are directives?
300
Most people attending NHSMUN will represent this Middle Eastern nation.
What is the United Arab Emirates?
300
In 1948, the United States initiated a program providing billions of dollars in foreign aid to help rebuild Europe after World War II, referred to as this.
What is the Marshall Plan?
400
This South American nation is lucky enough to control the Galapagos Islands, where the naturalist Charles Darwin conducted his famous studies of finches.
What is Ecuador?
400
There are 12 monarchies in Europe today. Name 5 of them.
What are (any 5 of) the United Kingdom, Spain, Andorra, Monaco, Vatican City, San Marino, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, or Sweden?
Note: Most of these are constitutional, and the monarch holds almost no power.
400
If you'd like your directive not to be announced (only its effects), then you'll mark it as this.
What is private covert?
400
These were the two topics at our practice committee in October.
What are Healthcare in War Zones and Increasing Vaccine Coverage to Prevent Disease Outbreak?
400
Four East Asian nations (Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, and Hong Kong) experienced rapid economic growth during the Cold War, becoming known collectively by this name.
What are the Four Asian Tigers?
500
This sub-Saharan African nation has had quite the turbulent history. It was colonized first by Germany (becoming one of its few colonial possessions), before being transferred to South Africa after World War I. It finally received its independence from South Africa as recently as 1990!
What is Namibia?
500
This emblem, traditionally associated with far-right movements and dating back to the days of the Roman Empire, is present on the coat of arms of France (and has been long before its namesake movement emerged).
What is a fasces?
500
Define a gentleman's unmod.
What is an unmoderated caucus in which delegates must remain seated and are allowed to discuss freely, much like a Socratic seminar?
500
This conference holds the record as our most successful one - no less than 4 awards were given out to our delegates!
What is SeattleMUN 2024?
500
There are four chief methods that it is possible to vote on resolutions by. Name three of them.
What are (any three of) voting by placard, voting by division of the question, voting by roll call, and voting by unanimous consent?