Basics of Debate
One-on-one debating, named after the famous 1858 debates between Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln.
What is Lincoln Douglas debate?
The state of political hostility that existed between the Soviet bloc countries and the US-led Western powers from 1945 to 1990.
What is the Cold war?
The first man to walk on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
A French philosopher and mathematician known for cartesian coordinates, the cartesian demon, and for famously saying "Cogito Ergo Sum" or "I think, therefore I am."
Who is Rene Descartes
Speeches which build arguments
What are constructives?
A debate style in which four debates spend an hour and a half debating a policy proposal.
What is Team Policy?
The type of rocket that sent the first man to the moon.
What is the Saturn V?
This mission, dubbed a "successful failure" was intended to be the third ever moon landing. It was aborted after severe technical difficulties after launch, however all of the crew returned safely to earth.
What was Apollo 13?
An English philosopher best known for his theory of government expressed in his work "Second Treatise on Government"
Who is John Locke
Speeches that allow the debaters to ask and answer each others questions
What are cross-examinations?
Speeches that refine and refute arguments already presented
What are rebuttals?
This satellite, weighing approximately 184 lbs, was the first man made satellite to successfully orbit the earth.
What is Sputnik 1?
This president gave a speech at Rice University on September 12, 1962 where he famously said "we choose to go to the moon, not because it is easy, but because it is hard.
Who is JFK
A belief or theory that knowledge is innate within the human person.
What is Rationalism?
A discussion in which opposing arguments are presented in order to persuade
What is debate?
A structured style of argumentation that follows a format and rules, provides feedback from a judge, and achieves an educational purpose
What is Academic Debate?
Aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1, this Russian man became the first human to enter space.
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
The planet with the most moons in our Solar System.
What is Saturn?
A belief or theory that it is impossible to know anything.
What is skepticism?
Debate that examines the values that drive decision making
What is value debate?
This event (which is debatably a debate style) simulates Supreme Court oral arguments.
What is Moot Court
What is the Iron Curtain?
The latin name for the moon
What is luna?
What is Marxism?
A proposition which the affirmative team affirms and the negative team negates
What is a resolution?