Course Overview

The Western Civilization I CLEP exam is designed to test the student on material typically taught in the first semester of a two-semester undergraduate college course in Western Civilization. InstantCert's course for this subject takes you on a whirlwind tour through thousands of years of history and dozens of cultures and civilizations, leaving you thoroughly prepared for the exam.

Topics Covered in This Course

Ancient Near East

Political evolution
Religion, culture, and technical developments in and near the Fertile Crescent

Ancient Greece and Hellenistic Civilization

Periclean Athens through the Peloponnesian Wars
Culture, religion, and thought of Ancient Greece
The Hellenistic political structure
The culture, religion, and thought of Hellenistic Greece

Ancient Rome

Political evolution of the Republic and of the Empire (economic and geographical context)
Roman thought and culture
Early Christianity
The Germanic invasions
The late empire

Medieval History

Byzantium and Islam
Early medieval politics and culture through Charlemagne
Feudal and manorial institutions
The medieval Church
Medieval thought and culture
Rise of the towns and changing economic forms
Feudal monarchies
The late medieval church

Renaissance and Reformation

The Renaissance in Italy
The Renaissance outside Italy
The New Monarchies
Protestantism and Catholicism reformed and reorganized

Early Modern Europe, 1560-1648

The opening of the Atlantic
The Commercial Revolution
Dynastic and religious conflicts
Thought and culture

Customer Test Results for the Western Civilization I CLEP

196 users submitted test results since January, 2009
193 of those users reported a passing score (98%)


The following are a sample of the test results submitted by members who’ve taken the Western Civilization I CLEP exam after using InstantCert’s study program. These are unfiltered, unedited results and this list is automatically updated to show the ten most recent results:

January 17, 2012 User  passed with a score of 67 out of 80
January 16, 2012 User  passed with a score of 56 out of 80
January 12, 2012 User  passed with a score of 59 out of 80
January 1, 2012 User  passed with a score of 59 out of 80
December 7, 2011 User  passed with a score of 57 out of 80
November 22, 2011 User  passed with a score of 57 out of 80
November 12, 2011 User  passed with a score of 55 out of 80
November 1, 2011 User  passed with a score of 53 out of 80
October 31, 2011 User  passed with a score of 54 out of 80
October 31, 2011 User  passed with a score of 56 out of 80

Free Sample Questions For The Western Civilization I CLEP

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Question 1 of 5

The Pharaohs who reigned in Egypt from the earliest times until the conquest of the country by Alexander the Great (332 BC) are grouped into _____ dynasties.


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Related Exams with Overlapping Subject Matter

The Western Civilization I exam does not have a lot of overlap with any of the other CLEP or DSST exams.