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Free SAT II World History Diagnostic Tests

Take the Varsity Learning Tools free diagnostic test for SAT II World History to determine which academic concepts you understand and which ones require your ongoing attention. Each SAT II World History problem is tagged down to the core, underlying concept that is being tested. The SAT II World History diagnostic test results highlight how you performed on each area of the test. You can then utilize the results to create a personalized study plan that is based on your particular area of need.

SAT II World History Diagnostic Test 1

Questions: 95
Test Difficulty:
Average Time Spent: 1 hrs 41 mins

SAT II World History Diagnostic Test 2

Questions: 95
Test Difficulty:
Average Time Spent: 32 mins

SAT II World History Diagnostic Test 3

Questions: 95
Test Difficulty:
Average Time Spent: 4 hrs 47 mins

SAT II World History Diagnostic Test 4

Questions: 95
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Average Time Spent: 17 d 20 hrs

SAT II World History Diagnostic Test 5

Questions: 95
Test Difficulty:
Average Time Spent: 28 mins

SAT II World History Diagnostic Test 6

Questions: 95
Test Difficulty:
Average Time Spent: 1 hrs 8 mins

Are you a history buff as well as a high schooler looking to improve your transcript in the eyes of college application reviewers? You might want to look into taking the SAT Subject Test in World History.

Unlike the SAT, which is a generalized test that aims to measure your aptitude for success in college, the various SAT Subject Tests each home in on a particular course or topic, and test your knowledge of those topics in detail. In particular, the SAT Subject Test in World History tests your ability to think critically about historical data and sources, as well as recall details about major historical trends and events. The test consists of ninety-five multiple choice questions, which you have an hour to answer. Some of these questions may reference material (included on the test) like maps or other images, but not all questions will do this. There is no essay component to the SAT Subject Test in World History. The math works out such that you have approximately thirty-eight seconds to answer each question, so it is important to go into the exam with all of the pertinent information fresh in your mind; you don’t have time to sit there trying to remember when Australia was colonized or where the major battles of WWI took place. Because of this, you shouldn’t attempt to take the SAT Subject Test in World History before you are ready; many students take SAT Subject Tests during either their junior or senior year of high school, when they’ve had time to complete a good amount of high-school coursework in their chosen subject.

As for what sorts of World History the SAT Subject Test focuses on, it can be broken down by time or place. Organizing the exam’s content based on when the events tested happen results in the following ratios:

  • Prehistory and civilizations up to 500 CE (25%)
  • 500 to 1500 CE (20%)
  • 1500 to 1900 CE (25%)
  • After 1900 CE (20%)
  • Referencing multiple chronological categories (10%)

If one instead organizes the material tested on the SAT Subject Test in World History by the location where the events tested each occurred, it results in these ratios:

  • Global / Comparative (25%)
  • Europe (25%)
  • Africa (10%)
  • Southwest Asia (10%)
  • South and Southeast Asia (10%)
  • East Asia (10%)
  • The Americas (not counting the United States) (10%)

You may wonder why that last point excludes the United States; if you want to delve into the details of U.S. History, you should check out a different SAT Subject Test: the one for U.S. History.

If the SAT Subject Test in World History sounds like a challenge you’d like to face, Varsity Tutors’ Learning Tools website offers some awesome free resources you’ll probably be interested in using. Our SAT Subject Test in World History Practice Tests are a great way to review the large amount of information that you need at your disposal on test day; they can also help you to pinpoint the gaps or weak points in your understanding of world history, so you can work on learning what you don’t understand, instead of spending all of your studying time reviewing things you already know. Every SAT Subject Test in World History Practice Test contains around twelve multiple-choice questions formatted in the same way as those that you will encounter on the SAT Subject Test you take on test day. After you answer all of the questions in a Practice Test, you get to see how long you took to answer each question, which can highlight any that you struggled with in particular. You also get to see how your score compares to those of other test takers—very helpful if you find that a bit of competition can motivate you to study. Finally, the questions on Varsity Tutors Practice Tests include full explanations of how to arrive at their correct answers, so if you do miss a question, you can determine what kind of error you made, and being aware of this, work to avoid making it again. The SAT Subject Test in World History may seem impossible to study for at first glance, but by reviewing your previous coursework and supplementing your studies with Varsity Tutors’ free SAT Subject Test in World History resources, you’ll be well on your way to approaching the test with confidence on the day of your exam.

 

Free SAT II World History Practice Tests

Our completely free SAT II World History practice tests are the perfect way to brush up your skills. Take one of our many SAT II World History practice tests for a run-through of commonly asked questions. You will receive incredibly detailed scoring results at the end of your SAT II World History practice test to help you identify your strengths and weaknesses. Pick one of our SAT II World History practice tests now and begin!

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1500 c.e. to 1900 c.e. practice test

Questions: 6
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Average Time Spent: 20 hrs 1 mins

Europe practice test

Questions: 40
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Average Time Spent: 8 mins

Age of exploration and protestant reformation practice test

Questions: 30
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Average Time Spent: 4 mins

Eastern europe in the reformation practice test

Questions: 7
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Average Time Spent: 5 mins

France, england, and italy in the reformation practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 6 mins

Historical figures in the age of exploration practice test

Questions: 2
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Average Time Spent: 49 secs

Other age of exploration history practice test

Questions: 6
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Average Time Spent: 5 mins

Other reformation history practice test

Questions: 6
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Average Time Spent: 9 mins

Rise of protestantism practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 4 mins

Spain and portugal in exploration practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 3 mins

Other european history from 1500 c.e. to 1900 c.e. practice test

Questions: 12
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Average Time Spent: 10 mins

Elizabethan england practice test

Questions: 6
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Average Time Spent: 59 secs

Other european history from 1500 c.e. to 1900 c.e. practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 39 secs

Rise of russia practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 32 secs

The enlightenment era practice test

Questions: 24
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Average Time Spent: 4 mins

Absolutism and constitutionalism practice test

Questions: 6
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Average Time Spent: 17 secs

English civil war and great britain practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 7 secs

Historic figures of the enlightenment era practice test

Questions: 8
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Average Time Spent: 2 mins 22 secs

Other enlightenment history practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 29 secs

The scientific revolution practice test

Questions: 4
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Average Time Spent: 1 mins 47 secs

The renaissance practice test

Questions: 19
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Average Time Spent: 56 secs

England and the renaissance practice test

Questions: 2
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Average Time Spent: 28 secs

France and the renaissance practice test

Questions: 2
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Average Time Spent: 20 secs

Italy and the renaissance practice test

Questions: 4
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Average Time Spent: 39 secs

Monarchs, aristocracy, and parliament practice test

Questions: 4
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Average Time Spent: 7 mins

Nation states practice test

Questions: 5
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Average Time Spent: 11 secs

Other renaissance history practice test

Questions: 4
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Average Time Spent: 1 mins 48 secs

Global developments practice test

Questions: 17
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Average Time Spent: 8 mins

Agricultural revolution practice test

Questions: 2
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Average Time Spent: 48 secs

Banking practice test

Questions: 1
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Average Time Spent: 3 secs

Colonialism practice test

Questions: 4
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Average Time Spent: 2 mins 4 secs

Global trade practice test

Questions: 5
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Average Time Spent: 39 secs

Gunpowder practice test

Questions: 2
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Average Time Spent: 16 secs

Industrial revolution practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 25 secs

Printing press practice test

Questions: 1
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Average Time Spent: 15 secs

North and south america practice test

Questions: 11
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Average Time Spent: 1 mins 13 secs

Discovery and settlement of the americas practice test

Questions: 4
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Average Time Spent: 6 mins

Other american history from 1500 c.e. to 1900 c.e. practice test

Questions: 6
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Average Time Spent: 35 secs

The american revolution practice test

Questions: 2
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Average Time Spent: 10 secs

Other global regions practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 3 mins

Africa from 1500 c.e. to 1900 c.e. practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 27 secs

East asia from 1500 c.e. to 1900 c.e. practice test

Questions: 5
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Average Time Spent: 12 secs

Southeast asia from 1500 c.e. to 1900 c.e. practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 7 secs

Southwest asia practice test

Questions: 6
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Average Time Spent: 16 secs

Impact of the ottoman empire practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 18 secs

Other southwest asian history from 1500 c.e. to 1900 c.e. practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 7 secs

Rise of the ottoman empire practice test

Questions: 2
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Average Time Spent: 53 secs

1900 c.e. to present practice test

Questions: 40
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Average Time Spent: 5 mins

Africa and southwest asia practice test

Questions: 12
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Average Time Spent: 30 secs

Afghanistan and iraq practice test

Questions: 2
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Average Time Spent: 6 secs

Africa from 1900 c.e. to present practice test

Questions: 2
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Average Time Spent: 11 secs

Desert storm and the guf wars practice test

Questions: 5
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Average Time Spent: 17 secs

Other southwest asian history from 1900 c.e. to present practice test

Questions: 4
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Average Time Spent: 13 secs

East and southeast asia practice test

Questions: 21
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Average Time Spent: 3 mins

Japan in world war ii practice test

Questions: 4
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Average Time Spent: 17 secs

Japanese-chinese relations practice test

Questions: 2
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Average Time Spent: 5 secs

Korean relations practice test

Questions: 2
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Average Time Spent: 5 secs

Other asian history from 1900 c.e. to present practice test

Questions: 4
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Average Time Spent: 9 secs

Vietnamese relations practice test

Questions: 9
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Average Time Spent: 22 secs

Europe practice test

Questions: 40
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Russian revolution and the cold war practice test

Questions: 20
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Average Time Spent: 1 mins 18 secs

Communism and socialism practice test

Questions: 6
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Average Time Spent: 2 mins 0 secs

Leaders and thinkers of the ussr practice test

Questions: 7
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Average Time Spent: 33 secs

The cold war in europe practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 17 secs

The ussr practice test

Questions: 4
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Average Time Spent: 18 secs

World war i practice test

Questions: 17
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Average Time Spent: 1 mins 31 secs

Causes and effects of world war i practice test

Questions: 6
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Average Time Spent: 15 secs

France and britain in world war i practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 7 secs

Germany in world war i practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 7 secs

Russia in world war i practice test

Questions: 5
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Average Time Spent: 27 secs

World war ii practice test

Questions: 17
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Average Time Spent: 1 mins 22 secs

Causes and effects of world war ii practice test

Questions: 6
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Average Time Spent: 53 secs

France and britain in world war ii practice test

Questions: 4
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Average Time Spent: 41 secs

Germany in world war ii practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 20 secs

Russia in wolrd war ii practice test

Questions: 4
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Average Time Spent: 29 secs

Global developments practice test

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Impact of modern technology practice test

Questions: 2
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Average Time Spent: 5 secs

The nuclear threat practice test

Questions: 6
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Average Time Spent: 31 secs

World war i practice test

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World war ii practice test

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North and south america practice test

Questions: 18
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Other american history from 1900 c.e. to present practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 7 secs

Revolutions in south america practice test

Questions: 6
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Average Time Spent: 25 secs

The americas in world war i practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 11 secs

The americas in world war ii practice test

Questions: 4
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Average Time Spent: 9 secs

The cold war in the americas practice test

Questions: 2
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Average Time Spent: 5 secs

500 c.e. to 1500 c.e. practice test

Questions: 2
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Average Time Spent: 56 secs

Europe practice test

Questions: 22
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European impact of the crusades practice test

Questions: 2
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Average Time Spent: 1 mins 41 secs

Feudalism practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 1 mins 36 secs

Frank and germanic history practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 23 secs

Historic figures of the middle ages practice test

Questions: 2
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Average Time Spent: 15 secs

Impact of christianity practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 26 secs

Inquisitions and discrimination practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 7 secs

Other european history from 500 c.e. to 1500 c.e. practice test

Questions: 4
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Average Time Spent: 59 secs

Political reforms in the middle ages practice test

Questions: 4
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Average Time Spent: 1 mins 38 secs

Technology in the middle ages practice test

Questions: 2
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Average Time Spent: 1 mins 33 secs

Global developments practice test

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Rise of christianity practice test

Questions: 7
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Average Time Spent: 7 mins

Rise of islam practice test

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Tools of war practice test

Questions: 3
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Transportation practice test

Questions: 2
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Average Time Spent: 26 secs

Other global regions practice test

Questions: 15
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Average Time Spent: 1 mins 22 secs

Africa from 500 c.e. to 1500 c.e. practice test

Questions: 6
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Average Time Spent: 1 mins 27 secs

East and southeast asia from 500 c.e. to 1500 c.e. practice test

Questions: 4
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Average Time Spent: 40 secs

North and south america from 500 c.e. to 1500 c.e. practice test

Questions: 5
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Average Time Spent: 53 secs

Southwest asia practice test

Questions: 11
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Impact of islam practice test

Questions: 4
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Average Time Spent: 4 mins

Other southwest asian history from 500 c.e. to 1500 c.e. practice test

Questions: 2
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Average Time Spent: 44 secs

The crusades practice test

Questions: 6
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Average Time Spent: 2 mins 8 secs

Overarching themes and philosophies practice test

Questions: 3
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Major developments practice test

Questions: 2
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Cause and effect in history practice test

Questions: 2
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Average Time Spent: 18 secs

Colonization and imperialism practice test

Questions: 6
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Average Time Spent: 49 secs

Development and types of government practice test

Questions: 14
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Average Time Spent: 3 mins

Development of cities practice test

Questions: 1
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Average Time Spent: 8 secs

Enlightenment and the scientific revolution practice test

Questions: 2
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Average Time Spent: 26 secs

Major world empires practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 52 secs

Notable historic documents practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 43 secs

Notable historic figures practice test

Questions: 16
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Average Time Spent: 1 mins 3 secs

Technological innovation practice test

Questions: 5
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Average Time Spent: 52 secs

The industrial revolution practice test

Questions: 5
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Average Time Spent: 2 mins 59 secs

World religions practice test

Questions: 18
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Average Time Spent: 1 mins 47 secs

Ancient religions and paganism practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 3 d 3 hrs

Buddhism and confucianism practice test

Questions: 3
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Christianity practice test

Questions: 4
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Average Time Spent: 3 d 0 hrs

Hinduism practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 25 secs

Islam practice test

Questions: 2
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Average Time Spent: 1 mins 32 secs

Judaism practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 12 secs

Prehistory to 500 c.e. practice test

Questions: 40
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Average Time Spent: 3 mins

Europe practice test

Questions: 28
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Average Time Spent: 1 mins 18 secs

Ancient greece practice test

Questions: 4
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Average Time Spent: 17 secs

Fall of the roman empire practice test

Questions: 4
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Average Time Spent: 35 secs

Greek philosophies and innovations practice test

Questions: 6
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Average Time Spent: 53 secs

Historical figures of greece and rome practice test

Questions: 4
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Average Time Spent: 55 secs

Mythologies practice test

Questions: 4
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Average Time Spent: 53 secs

Other european history prior to 500 c.e. practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 41 secs

Roman empire practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 1 mins 31 secs

Global developments practice test

Questions: 13
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Average Time Spent: 38 secs

Agriculture practice test

Questions: 2
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Average Time Spent: 23 secs

Hierarchies and government practice test

Questions: 2
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Average Time Spent: 38 secs

Ice age and migration practice test

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Religion practice test

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Settlements and cities practice test

Questions: 2
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Average Time Spent: 24 secs

Trade practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 57 secs

Writing practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 21 secs

Other global regions practice test

Questions: 10
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Average Time Spent: 22 secs

East asia and china prior to 500 c.e. practice test

Questions: 2
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Average Time Spent: 25 secs

North and south america prior to 500 c.e. practice test

Questions: 4
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Average Time Spent: 1 mins 17 secs

Southeast asia prior to 500 c.e. practice test

Questions: 4
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Average Time Spent: 1 mins 4 secs

Southwest asia and africa practice test

Questions: 17
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Average Time Spent: 1 hrs 57 mins

Ancient egypt practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 32 secs

Babylonian empire practice test

Questions: 3
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Average Time Spent: 1 mins 4 secs

Other southwest asian or african history prior to 500 c.e. practice test

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Persian empire practice test

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The fertile crescent and mesopotamia practice test

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