<p>I think the Barron’s question is somewhat “not unlike” (Barron’s use that so much) SAT CB.
It’s not exactly like the CB, but it does asked more specific question like CB.</p>
<p>The material was accurate for me; I did practiced the question on CB.
Most of my knowledge were from the Barron’s, and the answer that I chose from Barron’s was right.
I’ll say that Barron’s pretty good! :)</p>
<p>lynn11:
Thanks for your help! I hope Kaplan is up to par because that’s what I’ve used so far!</p>
<p>How hard is the SAT II compared to the AP?
I have gotten a 5 on the AP during my sophomore year.
Would I be able to get a 750+ if I refresh myself on the material by skimming Barron’s?</p>
<p>When did WWII begin for China: with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria (1931) or the Japanese invasion of the mainland (1937)?</p>
<p>Didn’t WWII started just because of China?
I’m not very sure, but I think it would be China when Japan actually invaded China after Manchuria (1937).</p>
<p>no… i dont think so</p>
<p>Yeah… No pretty sure it officially started for Europe when Germany invaded Poland, and for USA when Japan surprised Pearl Harbor…</p>
<p>Plus I think China was not that involved in WWII, except in fighting Japan…</p>
<p>I agree with EricSnow… I guess China didn’t “officially” started the WWII since there weren’t “main Allied nation”, but that was one of the major point where it brought the U.S. in conflict with Japan, which started the WWII.</p>
<p>USA didn’t join until '41 and it started like '39… Why do you say the US-Japan conflict started WWII? It got USA into the war, but they also fought in Europe. China doesn’t fight USA or UN until the Korean war, I believe.</p>
<p>Oh yeah that makes sense. Just sounded like you said that it was the
Main cause of WWII.</p>
<p>RE-EDITED: Friggin’ nit-picky grammars</p>
<p>EricSnow: Because Japan plotted an imperialism over China, and U.S. opposed it by placing embargoes on Japan.
That brings Japan to seek other ways to find supplies, which embarked on a Oriental conquest; that’s the reason why Japan attacked the Pearl Harbor to keep U.S. out of the way.</p>
<p>That event was not consider as “official” because there are no Allies in China nor Japan even though Japan were the one who gave the first shot.</p>
<p>Btw, I was responding to lasagna about the origin of China that China was the reason; I didn’t meant to say that U.S. started the war. My B. :P</p>
<p>Got a 740 on the second practice test in the official CB book. How’s everyone else doing?</p>
<p>Okay, so I’m just 5 pages left to finish my Barron’s reading, and I’m reading into the 1900s-2000s things…</p>
<p>But CB said it goes up only to [Post - 1900 CE], so will the years after 1900 be on the test?
Btw, what does Post - 1900 CE mean? Is it like from whatever era to 1900 CE?</p>
<p>Thanks! :)</p>
<p>I’m thinking that since post means after something, post - 1900 ce means 1900 and afterwards?
I read the Barron’s book in two days along with Biology E/M and my brain is about to burst.</p>
<p>Anybody feel like the Barron’s, PR, and Kaplan tests are much harder than the one official CB history test? I was scoring low 700s on all the books but got an 800 on the official one. </p>
<p>Should I be concerned?</p>
<p>I got a 770 on Barron’s and a 790 on the Official one.
(Following the official book’s curves).
I’m not totally sure. I want to know this as well.
I need to refresh myself on Africana swahili cities…</p>
<p>How did you finish Barron’s in 2 days? :eek:
& also scoring so high: jealous -__-;;</p>
<p>EDIT: My opinion to both of your questions…
I think that is pretty awesome to score in the 700s for the practices, but heard people who took the real one thought that it was harder than the practice one.
My advice is just concentrate on your weakness and study that part… particularly about literature/musics/movements since those do pop up (just sometimes)…</p>
<p>Oh. I have taken AP World History and got a 5 on the AP exam. I just read the book like a book(?). I read it not like a test-prep material but a novel(?). I read it like it was a story.</p>
<p>My weaknesses are: Modern artistic movements, Post-Classical Africa (I can deal with Mali, Ghana, and Songhay), and Middle East in 1900s.</p>
<p>I also have Bio E and Math II to study since I procrastinated until this week @<a href=“mailto:.@”>.@</a>.
I’ve read Bio E twice though.</p>
<p>Sorry for the double post(can’t edit my old post)
How about we start a qucik review session?
Writing down important facts.
We can add onto this.
Do human evolutionary traits show up on these tests often?
I’d appreciated it if some of you can write down important African tribes.</p>
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<p>Ghana, Mali, Songhay (In order) - Sub-Saharan Trade
Aztecs viewed Toltecs as a founder/ancestor-type
Animals were not as important in the western-hempishere(americas)
Shotoku led the sinification of Japan - Nara city
Nobunga found Tokugawa
Meji Res. brought an end to the Tokugawa
Naking Treaty - Gave British Hong Kong, etc
League of Nations’s first test: Japan’s invasion of Manchuria/Manchuko
Liberia and Ethiopia were not colonized
Garvey - Pan African
Voltaire - Citizens are not fit to govern themselves… Montesque - Separation of Power, Rosseau(sp?) - social contract, Locke - Right to this and that
Adam Smith - Capitalism(wealth of nations)
The Prince - Machiaveli(SP?) - Rulers should be feared
Mary Wollstone - A vindication of women… (Women power), Olympe de Gouges (declaratipon of something about women)
In seventeenth century, Primary European Trade power was Holland
In sixteenth, Portugal
Before that, Muslims and Indians.
Chinese were powerful sea power, but the confucian scholars stopped the voyages.
Etruscans influenced Romans along with Greeks
Pedro-guy found Brazil. Vasco de Gama made it to India. Dias found Cape of Good Hope.
James Cook navigated New Zealand, etc. Magellen’s crew circumnaviated the globe. But this guy died.
Ghandi - Non-Violence - This is a key in Jainism(non-violence)
Syncretism of Buddh,Chri,and Zoro = Me…ism
Akbar - Philosopher king
Theravada - Lesser, Mahayana - Greater
Neo-Confucianism - Buddhism + Confucianism
Mongols were Shamans.
Han Philosophies - Legalism, Confucianism, Daoism, and local.
Mao’s Great Leap Forward - Industrialization
Cultural Revolution - Rid of bureaucrats and old stuffs
Stalin’s Five-Year plans - Efficient Industrial-wise but not agricultural-wise
Sufisim - Islamic dancers who go into a trance
Sumerians - First - Cuneiform - Zuggerats(pyramid)
China had no interest in foreign goods</p>
<p>Feel free to add more!</p>
<p>I took this last year and got a 760.</p>
<p>If I studied like you guys are, I would’ve done so much better… winged it using YouTube documentaries because I didn’t feel like actually reading anything. AP World practice tests (self-studied using documentaries again =D) probably helped too.</p>