Basic Terms
Written by conference organizers, it is a summary of important information for your committee topic and is the starting point for any Model UN Delegate.
A. Instructions
B. Super Duper Summary
C. Background Guide
D. Model UN How-To
What is a Background Guide?
A student who is the representative for a particular state or person in a Model UN committee.
A. VIP
B. National Representative
C. Delegate
D. Board Member
What is a delegate?
When a speaker gives up the rest of their speaking time. Delegates can yield their time to 1) The Chair (most common) 2) Other Delegates 3) Comments.
A. Quitting
B. Sharing
C. Yield
D. Out of time
What is yield?
A legal document that expresses the general opinion of the committee on a particular committee topic.
A. Position Paper
B. Resolution
C. National Agreement
What is a resolution?
The school our Model UN delegates visited for our most recent conference.
A. Central High School
B. North High School
C. Calhoun High School
D. Mepham High School
What is Calhoun?
A mallet that is used by a committee chair to bring order to a Committee or Council.
A. Model UN Official Mallet
B. Hammer
C. Bang Bang Thingy
D. Gavel
What is a Gavel?
Person who moderates debate and enforces rules of procedure.
A. Boss
B. Chair
C. President
D. Congress
What is a Chair?
Proper etiquette that is expected of delegates in a committee room, a committee Chair will set expectations.
A. Behavior
B. Proper Attitude
C. Expectations of Conference
D. Decorum
What is decorum?
Deciding to not vote on a particular matter. This is generally understood as not supporting a resolution enough to vote for it, but not being opposed enough to want to vote against it either.
A. Abstain
B. Disagree
C. Not decided
D. Undecided
What is abstain?
What point is used in order to ask questions?
What is Point of Inquiry
Signboard that shows who the delegate is representing, a delegate can raise it when they would like to speak.
A. Committee Paper
B. Placard
C. Position Paper
What is a placard?
A body that is tasked with investigating, reporting and taking advantage on a particular issue.
A. Committee
B. Model UN Body
C. Country
D. Nation-State
What is a committee?
Raised by delegates, used to discuss procedural matters and help to further the discussion of the committee topic.
A. Motion
B. Decision Period
C. Caucus
D. Deciding Vote
What is a motion?
During this time, awards are presented to students who take an active role in the activities of their committee, who show exemplary preparation for the conference, and who best facilitate the work of the committee.
A. Trophy Time
B. Awards Ceremony
C. Delegate Medallions
What is the awards ceremony?
The countries Central represented at our most recent conference.
A. US and France
B. Denmark and China
C. Guatemala and US
D. Denmark and Guatemala
What are denmark and guatemala?
Formal discussion on a particular topic where various opinions are expressed.
A. Debate
B. Resolution
C. Argument
D. National Disagreement
What is a debate?
A group of countries with either a similar geographic location or opinion on a certain topic.
A. Family
B. Association
C. Alliance
D. Bloc
What is a bloc?
Discussion that is moderated by the committee chair on a particular sub-topic.
A. Unmoderated caucus
B. Chair Monitored Debate
C.Moderated Caucus
D. Unmod
What is a moderated caucus?
The principal and final part of the closing process consists of the concluding statement by the Chair. It will normally shed a positive light on the whole session, drawing attention to the conference’s real achievements and to the possibilities that it has opened for the future.
A. End of Conference
B. Closing Statements
C. Ceremonial Beginning
What are closing statements?
The most recent Model UN fundraising event.
A. Milk and cookies
B. Hot cocoa and cookies
C. Chips and candy
D. Pizza
What are hot cocoa and cookies?
An essay that presents your delegation’s assessment of a situation and how to fix it.
A. Paper
B. Position Paper
C. Resolution Paper
What is a position paper?
A list that determines the order for Delegates to speak, when the Chair calls for new speakers, Delegates can raise their placard to be added.
A. Participants
B. Speaker's List
C. Voters
D. Yappers
What is the speaker's list?
Discussion where delegates can move around the committee room and have more informal discussions on their committee topic.
A. Informal Debate
B. Unmoderated Caucus
C. Walk-Around Period
D. One-on-one discussions
What is unmoderated caucus?
The period where delegates vote on the proposed Amendments and Draft Resolutions. There are special procedures in place and delegates may not leave the committee room at this time or communicate with each other.
1. unmoderated caucus
2. moderated caucus
3. voting procedure
4. speakers list
What is voting procedure?
The initials of each board member in ascending height order.
A. SI, AE, IJ, KM
B. AE, IJ, KM, SI
C. SI, KM, AE, IJ
D. IJ, SI, KM, AE
What is SI, KM, AE, IJ?