The World and U.S. History: Content Knowledge test is for prospective teachers of world and United States history in secondary schools. The test is aligned to the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) National Standards for Social Studies Teachers.

The 120 selected-response questions assess knowledge of historical facts and processes across the content areas of world and United States history. Approximately 50 percent of the questions deal with world history, and approximately 50 percent of the questions deal with United States history.

Some questions will also assess understanding of historical thinking skills, such as knowing how to formulate historical questions, knowing how to evaluate primary and secondary sources, knowing how to construct and support historical arguments, knowing how to make connections across time and geography, knowing how to assess historical causation, and knowing how to place historical events and processes in a global context. Some questions are based on interpreting material such as written passages, maps, charts, graphs, tables, cartoons, diagrams, and/or photographs.

The 120 questions are equally weighted. Questions are selected-response with four answer choices and written according to ETS guidelines. This test may contain some questions that will not count toward your score.