Course Overview

The Western Civilization II CLEP exam is designed to test the student on material typically taught in the second semester of a two-semester undergraduate college course in Western Civilization. InstantCert's course for this subject gives you a concise but complete overview of European history from the mid-seventeenth century up to recent times.

Topics Covered in This Course

Absolutism and Constitutionalism, 1648-1715

Competition for empire and economic expansion

The scientific view of the world

Period of Enlightenment

Revolution and Napoleonic Europe

The Industrial Revolution

Political and cultural developments, 1815-1848

Politics and diplomacy in the Age of Nationalism, 1850-1914

Economy, culture, and imperialism, 1850-1914

The First World War and the Russian Revolution

Europe between the wars

The Second World War and contemporary Europe

Customer Test Results for the Western Civilization II CLEP

144 users submitted test results since January, 2009
134 of those users reported a passing score (93%)


The following are a sample of the test results submitted by members who’ve taken the Western Civilization II 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 27, 2012 User  passed with a score of 54 out of 80
December 9, 2011 User  passed with a score of 56 out of 80
December 7, 2011 User  passed with a score of 53 out of 80
November 10, 2011 User  passed with a score of 61 out of 80
November 10, 2011 User  passed with a score of 62 out of 80
November 8, 2011 User  passed with a score of 50 out of 80
October 22, 2011 User  passed with a score of 54 out of 80
October 4, 2011 User  passed with a score of 68 out of 80
September 20, 2011 User  passed with a score of 57 out of 80
September 20, 2011 User  passed with a score of 57 out of 80

Free Sample Questions For The Western Civilization II CLEP

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Question 1 of 5

The Peace of ____________ in 1555 did not bring complete religious peace to Germany.


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Related Exams with Overlapping Subject Matter

The Western Civilization II exam does not have a lot of overlap with any of the other CLEP or DSST exams, although a natural progression from this exam is to do Western Europe since 1945, A History of the Vietnam War, or Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union (all DSST exams).