NY Regents Global History and Geography II study guide
NY Regents Global History and Geography II · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Regents Exam in Global History and Geography II is New York State's culminating social studies assessment for the Grade 10 global history course. It is typically taken by high school students at the end of their second year of global history study, and passing it is one route to meeting the state's social studies graduation requirement; students who transfer in or repeat the course may also sit for it. The NY Regents Global History and Geography II study guide has 5 sections and about 1,720 words.
01World History to 1600 CE: Foundations, Empires, and Exchange
This domain covers the Neolithic Revolution through the early modern convergence around 1500. Regents questions in this band usually present a document, artifact, map, or excerpt and ask you to place it in historical context, compare societies, or trace the spread of ideas and goods.
350 words, about 2 min02World History 1600–1914: Absolutism, Revolutions, Industry, and Empire
This domain runs from absolutism through the Enlightenment, the Atlantic revolutions, industrialization, and the age of imperialism. Questions here reward causal reasoning: why a revolution broke out, what actually changed, and who gained or lost.
351 words, about 2 min03World History 1914 to the Present: Wars, Cold War, Decolonization, Globalization
This is the largest slice of the exam: the two world wars, the Cold War, decolonization, globalization, and human rights. Questions typically require you to separate long-term causes from triggers, identify turning points, and read documents for perspective.
346 words, about 2 min04Geography: Physical Systems, Population, Migration, and Environment
Geography questions test physical systems, population and migration, and human–environment interaction. They almost always arrive attached to a map, graph, chart, or population pyramid.
329 words, about 2 min05Historical Thinking Skills and Document Analysis
These skills are not a separate part of the test; they are how every part is scored. Part II constructed-response questions ask you to describe context, source a document, and compare or explain causation.
344 words, about 2 min