Format
This test has exactly 95 questions that are to be answered in one hour. Students will receive one point for a correct answer, will receive zero points for a blank answer, and will lose 1/4 of a point for a wrong answer. There are no sections in this test, and so students will answer 95 multiple choice questions without section breaks or rest periods.
Chronology of the Test
| Prehistory to 500 C.E. | 25% |
| 500-1500 C.E. | 20% |
| 1500-1900 C.E | 25% |
| Post-1900 C.E. | 20% |
| Cross-chronological | 10% |
Geography of the Test
| Global or Comparative | 25% |
| Europe | 25% |
| Southwest Asia | 10% |
| Africa | 10% |
| East Asia | 10% |
| South and Southeast Asia | 10% |
| The Americas (excluding the U.S.) | 10% |
The types of questions they have include specific recall of facts, events, or historical knowledge. Cause and effect questions will be on the test as well. Students are also required to understand major historical developments, such as modernization, imperialization, and explain them the developments through events and other circumstances, and also explain how they happened. Lastly, some questions, include material on how historians perform historical research and analysis. Finally, a very small minority of the questions test historical interpretation of primary source material. These questions tend to be very rare, and a student typically can expect 6-8 at most on this 95 question test.
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