Checklist for Study
Use this checklist to make sure you are covering some of the basics for this exam.
- What are the major countries in the world and their capitals?
- Who was Max Weber and what did he teach?
- Can you read and understand a graph?
- What is the difference between Macro and Micro Economics?
- Make sure and get women’s rights in there! (voting, work conditions, etc)
- Who was FDR? What were the things he fought for?
- Know the basic climates of each continent.
Practice Tests
Take lots of practice tests! Here are a few recommended online Social Sciences and History CLEP practice test sites.
The Important Things
Make sure you focus on what is really important on the exam. Don’t worry about the small stuff.
When I take my initial practice test, to evaluate where I stand on the subject, I look at what questions I answered incorrectly and plan my studying from there. For example, if I answered EVERY history question wrong that would be a bad thing – since I know that 40% of the test is history. However, if I get all the history correct, but miss all the sociology questions, I’m not too worried. I know that I can study sociology and, even if I don’t master it, I will still score well on the whole CLEP – because sociology is only 10% of the whole exam.