Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Great Information, Though a Bit too much
This book a great information, though the information given is a bit too much to prepare for a test in under 3 months. Luckily I am naturally smart in history and geography, but what really helped me on the test were the practice quizzes and tests. The World History test really includes more than you will learn in the classroom. It covers art, music, archaeology, general history, anthropology, and economic history. The questions that this book gave basically reappeared on the test. I was a little disappointed in my grade(720) and I should have studied harder. I guarantee at least a 650 on the test if you read this book. Overall the book is great.
Rating:  - Lots of info, but completely irrelevant to the test
Let me tell you something about the SAT II in World Hisotry: This is actually a test in Modern European History with a few questions on Greece, Rome, China, and Japan, and maybe one question on India, American Indians, or some other non-Western civilization. Calling it "World History" and having a few token non European questions is probably the ETS's attempt to be PC or something.This book has a lot of information, none of which you will need to know for the test. It goes into great length about the histories of China, Japan, India, the Middle East, American Indians (i.e. Mayans, Aztecs, Incas, etc) but barely deals with European history at all. I think the majority of people who would take this test (as opposed to the SAT II in US History) are also the people who took AP European History in high school. Fortunately having taken AP European History will be a pretty good preparation for this test.
Rating:  - Definitely Buy This Book!
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).
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