SAT World History
World History
SAT Subject Test - World History measures the understanding of the key developments in global history and use of basic historical techniques. Basic techniques include the application and weighing of evidence and the ability to interpret and generalize. The duration of the test is one hour.
Purpose:SAT subject test – World History
- Measures the understanding of key developments in global history.
- Assess ability to use basic historical techniques including application and weighing of evidence and the ability to interpret and generalize.
Format: SAT subject test – World History follows the following given format:
- 95 multiple-choice questions.
- Questions cover political and diplomatic, social , economic, intellectual and cultural fields.
Questions may test
- Knowledge of facts and terms.
- Understand cause-and-effect relationships.
- Use knowledge of events and geography to demonstrate understanding of major historical developments.
- Understand concepts essential to historical analysis.
- Interpret artistic materials and assess quotations from published materials.
SAT World History Test At A Glance
| CONTENT |
APPROXIMATE % OF TEST |
| Material Covered* |
| Global or comparative |
25 |
| Europe |
25 |
| Africa |
10 |
| Southwest Asia |
10 |
| South and South-east Asia |
10 |
| East Asia |
10 |
| Americas |
10 |
| Periods Covered |
| Pre-Columbian history to 1789 |
25 |
| 1790–1898 |
20 |
| 1899 to the present |
25 |
| South and Southeast Asia |
20 |
| South and Southeast Asia |
10 |
Important: *The World History Test uses the chronological designations B.C.E. (before common era) and C.E. (common era). These labels correspond to B.C. (before Christ) and A.D. (Anno Domini), which are used in some world history textbooks.
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