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Topic: Study material for SAT II World History Posted: 14-Nov-2005 at 13:05 |
Hi I have to take the SAT II World History on December and I don't know which book I should study with.
Currently, in my history class "A History of the Modern World" from Mc Graw Hill is being used. But the book is mostly about Europe after Middle Ages and I wonder if that book is good enough for the preparation.
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Chronological Material Covered |
Approximate Percentage of Test |
Pre-history and Civilizations to the year 500 Common Era (C.E.) |
25 |
500 to 1500 C.E. |
20 |
1500-1900 C.E. |
25 |
Post-1900 C.E. |
20 |
Cross-chronological |
10 |
Geographical Material Covered |
Approximate Percentage of Test |
Europe |
25 |
Africa |
10 |
Southwest Asia |
10 |
South and Southeast Asia |
10 |
East Asia |
10 |
The Americas (excluding the United States) |
10 |
Global or Comparative |
25 |
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Gubook Janggoon
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Posted: 14-Nov-2005 at 18:58 |
I took this test and got an 800.
Best preparation?
1. Take AP Euro. World history questions will be broad, Euro questions will be in depth.
2. Buy one of the study guides and just flip through it easy like.
3. Hang out at AE.
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Posted: 22-Nov-2005 at 08:31 |
hi guys.
i know ....
don'tworry...i help u...i am clever uyhgur boy..
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tadamson
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Posted: 22-Nov-2005 at 11:19 |
Originally posted by jamesse
Hi I have to take the SAT II World History on December and I don't know which book I should study with.
Currently, in my history class "A History of the
Modern World" from Mc Graw Hill is being used. But the book is mostly
about Europe after Middle Ages and I wonder if that book is good
enough for the preparation. |
As it's an American test, I'd be stunned if it wasn't almost totally Western orientated.
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rgds.
Tom..
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Posted: 13-Dec-2005 at 08:12 |
hi!guys!help me i wanna stunned II world history too!who guys help me!
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Imperator Invictus
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Posted: 13-Dec-2005 at 12:05 |
The best way is to get a prep book and read it. If that's not possible, you can go to online sites like Sparknotes.
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Jay.
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Posted: 16-Dec-2005 at 18:55 |
Questions on Europe and the Western world will be critical.
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Posted: 19-Dec-2005 at 13:29 |
Damn, I only got 640. What happened? I thought I was kinda good in history
Questions were very general but they can get specific, too. Some asked me about colonial Latin America and Africa, which I had completely no knowledge of.
Well, that puts me only in 67th percentile.
One of the questions: Which is characteristic of Confucianism?
A) Ancestor worship led by the eldest of the family B) Ceremony led by priest.
I chose A but btw is there a Confucian priest?
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Gubook Janggoon
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Posted: 19-Dec-2005 at 14:06 |
Originally posted by jamesse
One of the questions: Which is characteristic of Confucianism?
A) Ancestor worship led by the eldest of the family B) Ceremony led by priest.
I chose A but btw is there a Confucian priest?
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Both are pretty wrong, but if those are your only two choices, A's
probably the right one. Westerners can usually get away with
saying Confucianism is ancestor worship but there is absolutely no
priesthood involved.
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Posted: 28-Dec-2005 at 15:03 |
I took a 100 question sample of the world history test and missed like 5...to make an 800 do you have to get every question right?
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Gubook Janggoon
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Posted: 28-Dec-2005 at 15:47 |
Originally posted by F-TEK
I took a 100 question sample of the world history test and
missed like 5...to make an 800 do you have to get every question
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I don't think so. There's usually a curve, so you can afford to get a few wrong.
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