How to Prepare for Sat II: World History (Barron's How to Prepare for the Sat II World History) [Paperback]

Heidi Roupp (Author), Marilynn Giroux Hitchens (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1996 | Series: Barron's How to Prepare for the Sat II World History

The authors review human history from the first-known societies to the modern world community characterized by science, technology, and secularism. The text echoes both traditional Western Civilization and World History courses, and is organized by chronology, ideas, people, and major events, all highlighted to aid organized study and review. Features two SAT II practice tests with answers and explanations and hundreds of drill questions with answers.

Product Details

• Paperback: 402 pages
• Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Inc (March 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812092945
• ISBN-13: 978-0812092943
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 7.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,686,419 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost perfect choice, January 1, 2006

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Csaba Daday (Oradea, Romania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Prepare for the SAT II World History (Paperback)

I am a student from Romania and I studied for the test using *only* this book (I got 750). True, the dimensions of the book seem a bit overwhelming, but at least 90% of it is material which is necessary for the test. In fact, out of the 95 questions asked, there was one which wasn't answered by the book (which is a great ratio, I say: there were 94 covered by it). I also agree that some generalizations are not subtle, but that is exactly what a world history book is supposed to contain, parallels -justified or partly forced- between peoples and their cultures.

The practice tests are indeed over the level of the real SAT II, but I disagree with the Korean critic who implied that they are wrong (and that would mean that the book is bad). Yes, there are some questions needing interpretation and maybe ones with more correct answers, but that happens in the real test too. I think it is better this way (and the mistakes aren't numerous).

I recommend it to anyone curious about world history, not only SAT II trainees. The book is just a great read.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely Buy This Book!, June 3, 2001

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A. Garg (Lexington, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Prepare for the SAT II World History (Paperback)

This is a great book to study from if you are taking the SAT II's for World History. It has about 350 pages of detailed information. I just took the test today, and I saw that about 50% of the questions were almost word for word from this book. If you buy this book, make sure that you have enough time to study because there is a lot of information packed into every page. If you can learn/memorize all of the stuff in this book, I can almost guarantee that you will get over 720 (out of 800).

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solid Book, March 20, 2005

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A Reader (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Prepare for the SAT II World History (Paperback)

I used this book last year to prepare for the World History SAT II in conjunction with the Kaplan book, and I thought it was really helpful, and I did pretty good on the test as well, since I found the practice tests to be harder than the actual test itself. The tests at the end of each chapter were also pretty helpful in reviewing the material. Totally go for it...