<p>I personally thought that Kaplan's was easier than Real (just took it at a bookstore today). I got an 800 with Kaplan's and a 760 with Real, but with a lot of guessing and with using more time. Oh well.</p>
<p>I'm using Kaplan's and my score actually <em>decreased</em> after I finished the book; the practice test they gave at the beginning gave me 680, and the practice test at the end gave me 660. I'm so screwed. :( I should have gotten other books to use, and now I have to sit for it this Saturday without much hope of a great score. Hopefully I can get >700; it's not great, but it'll be something salvageable.</p>
<p>Oh, and is there going to be art on the test? The Kaplan tests only have 1 or 2 questions about it, and the book doesn't really gear you towards that. If I resit, should I use Barron's or The Princeton Review?</p>
<p>Anyway, name a civilization which developed an efficient transportation system based on roads.</p>
<p>I really should start reading... 4days to finish kaplan's (haven't started).</p>
<p>wth, the kaplan's book unsatisfactory. the font is too small and the some chapter reviews have questions that weren't even addressed in the chapter...</p>
<p>ha... i'm going the get something like a 400 on this test. we didn't even cover europe, africa or south america in my world history class... i should't have signed up for this test, oh well</p>
<p>anyone know if you HAVE to add your SAT2 tests on your transcript if the school doesn't require them?</p>
<p>soccersloy, just because you signed up for the test doesn't mean that you have to take it. You can show up on test day and take whatever subject test you want to take, even if it wasn't the one you signed up for. Or if you feel really uncomfortable you can decide to not show up at all.</p>
<p>Also, colleges will see all of your SAT 2 scores when you send your stuff into them along with all of your SAT I scores...</p>
<p>"In the visual arts the European movement called "neoclassicism" began after ca 1765, as a reaction against both the surviving Baroque and Rococo styles, and as a desire to return to the perceived "purity" of the arts of Rome, the more vague perception ("ideal") of Ancient Greek arts (where almost no western artist had actually been) and, to a lesser extent, 16th century Renaissance Classicism.Contrasting with the Baroque and the Rococo, Neo-classical paintings are devoid of pastel colors and haziness; instead, they have sharp colors with Chiaroscuro. In the case of Neo-classicism in France, a prime example is Jacques Louis David whose paintings often use Greek elements to extoll the French Revolution's virtues (state before family).</p>
<p>Impressionism was a 19th century art movement that began as a loose association of Paris-based artists who began publicly exhibiting their art in the 1860s. Characteristics of Impressionist painting include visible brushstrokes, light colors, open composition, emphasis on light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage of time), ordinary subject matter, and unusual visual angles. (Think Monet)</p>
<p>Realism in art and literature is the depiction of subjects as they appear in everyday life, without embellishment or interpretation. The term is also used to describe works of art which, in revealing a truth, may emphasize the ugly or sordid. It represents the opposite of idealism. Realism also refers to a mid-19th century cultural movement with its roots in France</p>
<p>Cubism is an important and influential art movement; it was an avant-garde art movement that revolutionized European painting and sculpture in the early 20th century.In cubist artworks, objects are broken up, analyzed, and re-assembled in an abstracted form instead of depicting objects from one viewpoint, the artist depicts the subject from a multitude of viewpoints to present the piece in a greater context. Often the surfaces intersect at seemingly random angles presenting no reasonble sense of depth. The background and object (or figure) planes interpenetrate one another creating the ambiguous shallow space characteristic of cubism. It was a complete and clearly defined aesthetic.</p>
<p>Byzantine art grew from the art of Ancient Greece, and at least before 1453 never lost sight of its classical heritage, but was distinguished from it in a number of ways. The most profound of these was that the humanist ethic of Ancient Greek art was enhanced by the Christian ethic. If the purpose of classical art was the glorification of man, the purpose of Byzantine art was the glorification of God, and particularly of his son, Jesus. But because Jesus was of course human, the Byzantine artistic tradition can be argued to have continued this rich humanist heritage. In place of the nude, the figures of God the Father, Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, and the saints and martyrs of Christian tradition were elevated, and became the dominant - indeed almost exclusive - focus of Byzantine art. One of the most important forms of Byzantine art was, and still is, the icon: an image of Christ, the Virgin (particularly the Virgin and Child), or a saint, used as an object of veneration in Orthodox churches and private homes...</p>
<p>Medieval art covers a vast scope of time and place, over 1000 years of art history in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. It includes major art movements and periods, national and regional art, genres, revivals, the artists crafts, and the artists themselves. Art historians classify Medieval art into major periods and movements. They are Celtic art, Early Christian art, Migration Period art, Pre-Romanesque and Romanesque art, Gothic art, Byzantine art and Islamic art. In addition each "nation" or culture in the Middle Ages had its own distinct artistic style and these are looked at individually, such as Anglo-Saxon art or Viking art. Medieval art was of many crafts, such as mosaics and sculpture; and there were many unique genres of art, such as Crusade art or animal style."
-This is all accredited to Wikipedia</p>
<p>Hope this helped!</p>
<p>Can anyone give me a brief European art timeline (no descriptions) (or was that it)?</p>
<p>ex. Impressionism [1800s]->Cubism [1900s]->...Baroque <a href="yeah%20this%20is%20wrong">1300s</a>.</p>
<p>How accurate are Barron's practice tests compared to the real thing? Is Barron's harder?</p>
<p>Ok..i'm going to try and give timeline...sorry there is no years on it...this is from memory..so anyone can correct if it seems out of order..</p>
<p>Renaissance----Baroque---Rococo----NeoClassicism----Romanticism----realism----Impressionism----Post-Impressionism----pointilism--------expressionism----cubism----dada movement--- harlem renaissance-----surrealism---abstract</p>
<p>wow, that's a lot of art periods. Can you guys recognize them all if given a picture (is that what we have to do for the test?)?</p>
<p>Anyway, more challenges!</p>
<p>List the important European navigators that we have to know for the test</p>
<p>List important Englightenment thinkers that we have to know for the test</p>
<p>State when (not exact years, just dynasty/time period) the capitals of China and Japan were moved (I believe it occured multiple times)? Where were they moved (each time)?</p>
<p>Can you really get like 10 or so questions wrong and still get an 800, cause thats what it looked like in the blue practice book...but that raw score really still doesnt seem so good....and in that art timeline, the last few sort of overlap, last a while, break, off and continue, so yeah.</p>
<p>These are all that I can think of right now, which I have seen on practice tests and etc.</p>
<p>Enlightenment: Rosseau, Montesque, Voltaire, Locke, and Hobbes</p>
<p>European navigators: Cortez, Columbus, Marco Polo, Pizarro, and de Soto</p>
<p>And I have no idea about the third question you asked...</p>
<p>de Gama and Magellan are two more navigators.</p>
<p>For 3, I think it was
Japan: Nara->(movement from buddhists) Kyoto->(meiji restoration) Tokyo</p>
<p>Anyone have China's capital movement?</p>
<p>around some dynasty, tang or song? (i forget) capital was moved from nanjing to beijing.
and know ur dynasties!
qin zhao (not sure about that one) tang song yuan ming qing</p>
<p>Plenty of Chinese dynasties changed capitals. Han moved the capital from the Qin variant, and after Wan Man interlude the capital was moved further east. Then the Jin dynasty changed capitals twice. Song also changed their capital after the Jurchen invasion. The Ming initially had capital at Nanjing but Yongle moved it to Beijing. And the Kumingtang had their headquarters in Nanjing. </p>
<p>Of course, I highly doubt any of this is going to be anywhere near the test.</p>
<p>err... chickenboi...</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure the major ones are</p>
<p>Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui, Tang, Song/Jurchen/Jin, Yuan, Ming, Qing</p>
<p>The Ming initially had capital at Nanjing but Yongle moved it to Beijing.
I think that's the important one.</p>
<p>Also, didn't the Mongols move the capital?</p>
<p>they'll most likely have a question when they give a quote or excerpt and ask to identify the person most associated with it.</p>
<p>Can anyone discuss the beliefs of major enlightenment thinkers?</p>
<p>voltaire- free speech
locke- life, liberty, property
montesquieu- seperation of powers
hobbes- authoritarian government
rosseau- the social contract, equality</p>
<p>What state did Ibn Battuta travel "for"?</p>
<p>Shintoism vs. Zen Buddhism</p>
<p>What was the Platt Amendment?</p>
<p>**What is a sphere of influence? List some countries that are considered part of "spheres of influence"?</p>
<p>What colonies did Belgium acquire?</p>
<p>During what time periods were the Netherlands the most profitable/powerful economically? Why/Where/How?</p>
<p>Differentiate between the two "Great Schisms"**</p>
<p>surge:
Argh, so difficult! Thank God the test won't have open-ended questions like those... :p I'll just handle the last one. The first great schism (if I'm not mistaken) was between the Roman Catholic church and the Orthodox church over iconoclasticism (is that it?). The second one was between the Catholic church and Martin Luther over the sale of indulgences and papal authority.</p>
<p>I'm not sure about Belgian colonies, but I'm pretty sure that the Congo was among them. (It's probably not going to be on the test, but Belgians were among the worst colonialists in that they gave no consideration whatsoever towards establishing a civil society - even among their own colonists - in their colonies, and practically enslaved the peoples they colonised. None of their colonies was prepared for independence properly, and became basket cases - although you could say the same for most of Africa.)</p>
<p>The Netherlands one is just a wild guess, but I think it was during the Renaissance, because this was when Flanders was a really major center of trade. I'm not sure about this, but maybe the age of colonialism would count as well, due to Dutch overseas holdings in Southeast Asia and India.</p>