Social Studies
State Contest Director
Larry McCarty
larry.mc@excite.com
Sample Test
(Not based on current reading list).
Integrating Social Studies into Classroom Instruction
Elements of the Contest
The Social Studies Contest consists of 45 objective questions and an essay. Students are expected to master primary reading selections, as well as specific documents, and to be familiar with general-knowledge social studies concepts and terms. Each year, the contest focuses on a different topic area and a reading list that is provided by UIL.
Social Studies Overview Video
Additional Information
2011-2012 Topic: Latin America – Past Struggles / Future Challenges
Primary Reading Selection: THE PENGUIN HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA by Edwin Williamson
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Penguin - ISBN 9780141034751
2010, Paperback. $20 -
Texas Educational Paperbacks - Toll free: 800-443-2078; fax: 800-437-7070
3824 Cedar Springs Rd. #202, Dallas, TX 75219-4168. TEP price: $13 plus shipping - Also available in paperback from Amazon.com, and new & used book stores.
Supplemental Resource Documents:
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Access to map of South America as well as individual nations, including additional information
http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/southamerica.html -
Map of Latin America
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/sa.htm -
General overview of Latin American history
http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?groupid=850&HistoryID=aa87>rack=pthc -
Information related to nations today
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm -
Information related to nations today
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
Section Three contest questions will be taken from the U.S. State Department background notes and will be limited to the following nations:
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Chile
- Colombia
- Cuba
- Ecuador
- Mexico
- Peru
- Venezuela
Terms associated with THE PENGUIN HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA:
General Subjects
- absolutism
- anarchism
- Aztecs
- Catholic monarchy
- clientship
- constitutional government
- debt crisis
- European enlightenment
- Incas
- inflation
- liberalism
- middle classes
- modernization
- Patagonia
- political consensus
- rural crisis
- working class
- Alliance for Progress
- arielismo
- Bourbon monarchy
- caudillo
- colonialism
- constitutional monarchy
- democratic governance
- Iberians
- indigenous movements
- international monetary fund
- Marxism
- migration
- Monroe Doctrine
- patriarchy
- populism
- socialism
- americanismo
- audiencia
- Bourbon reforms
- caudillismo
- conservatism
- creoles
- econmienda system
- imperialism
- industrialization
- land reform
- Maya
- military dictatorships
- oligarchy
- patronage
- poverty alleviation
- urbanization
Nations
- Argentina
- Chile
- Ecuador
- Venezuela
- Bolivia
- Colombia
- Mexico
- Brazil
- Cuba
- Peru
Persons
- Agustin I of Mexico (Iturbide)
- Allende, Salavador
- Bachelet, Michelle
- Borges, Jorge
- Castro, Fidel
- Columbus, Christopher
- Dario, Ruben
- Ferdinand V of Aragon
- Fuentes, Carlos
- Gonzalez, General Pablo
- Huerta, Adolofo de la
- Kirchner, Nestor
- Marti, Jose
- Montezuma II
- Neruda, Pablo
- Pedro I of Brazil, Emperor
- Peron, Gen. Juan Domingo
- Pizarro, Francisco
- Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de
- Villa, Francisco 'Pancho'
- Alaman, Lucas
- Arbenz, Jacabo
- Batista, Fulgencio
- Carpientier, Alejo
- Charles V, Emperor
- Cortazar, Julio
- Diaz, Porfirio
- Ferdinand VII of Spain
- Fujimori, Alberto
- Goulart, Joao
- Isabella of Castile
- Las Casas, Batrolome
- Maximilian of Austria
- Moreno, Mariano
- Obregon, Alvaro
- Pedro II of Brazil, Emperor
- Phillip II, King of Spain
- Rosas, Juan Manuel
- Vargas Llosa, Mario
- Yrigoyen, Hipolito
- Alessandri, Arturo
- Asturias, Miguel
- Bolivar, Simon
- Carranza, Venustiano
- Chavez, Hugo
- Cortes, Hernan
- Dutra, Gen. Eurico
- Frei, Eduardo
- Garcia Marquez, Gabriel
- Guevara, Ernesto Che
- Juarez, Benito
- Manco, Inca
- Montezuma I
- Napoleon Bonaparte
- Paz, Octavio
- Peron, Eva
- Pinochet, Gen. Auguato
- Salgado, Plinio
- Vasconcelos, Jose
Please note the following regarding the 2011 – 2012 Social Studies topic:
In addition to the usual information included in past UIL study guide packets, this years’ material will include additional information, including chapter summaries, of the primary reading source, The Penguin History of Latin America and suggestions for learning the appropriate material for contest preparation.
Only the text and glossary portions of the primary reading source will be used for test questions. Statistical graphs and charts will NOT be used. Although maps will be used for some test questions, such maps are those identified in the provided supplemental resource section.
