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GED Sample Test Questions
Social Studies
The Social Studies Test contains 50 multiple-choice questions
from the following content areas:
- History (United States or Canada, 25%; World, 15%)
- Geography (15%)
- Civics and Government (25%)
- Economics (20%)
(Note: There are different U.S. and Canadian versions of the
Social Studies Test.)
Most of the test questions are based on written and visual texts
drawn from a variety of sources, including academic and workplace texts,
as well as primary and secondary sources. The information provided may
be one or more paragraphs, a chart, table, graph, map, photograph,
cartoon, or figure. In every case, to answer the questions in the
Social Studies Test, you must understand, apply, analyze, or
evaluate the information provided.
SAMPLE QUESTIONS
Directions: Choose the one best answer to each
question.
Questions 1 and 2 are based on the following information.
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The history of the world is filled with stories of people migrating.
Migration is the movement of people from one place to another as they
seek a new home. Famine, overpopulation, limited resources, war, and
religious and political persecution "push" immigrants to move to another
country. Hopes for employment and a better life "pull" immigrants to new
places.
Millions have migrated to North America since the 1600s. Spanish,
French, English, and Dutch immigrants were the first European settlers
to establish permanent colonies. They settled in lands originally
populated by people from Asia. Many people from Africa were driven from
their homes at this time to be enslaved to work in colonies in the
Americas.
Throughout the 1800s, immigrants looking for employment came to North
America from Japan, China, and southeastern Europe. In the 1970s and
1980s, Southeast Asians, Latin Americans, and Caribbeans migrated to
North America. Many of these immigrants fled from war-torn countries,
political persecution, and economic difficulties.
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The government of a country may restrict the number of immigrants
allowed to enter that country.
These restrictions on immigration are most likely based on what
belief?
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Based on the information, which is an opinion rather than a fact
about immigrants to North America?
Immigrants
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Questions 3 and 4 refer to the following
cartoon:
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What is the main idea represented by the artist of the
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Which political and economic assumption
does the cartoon suggest is held by U.S. senior citizens? |
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Question 5 refers to the following chart:
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Some people think that stores that sell
fewer brands of computers provide faster service than stores that sell a
wider variety of brands.
What information from the chart supports this idea? |
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“We hold these Truths to be
self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these rights
are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”
Which of the following political actions violated the principle of
“unalienable Rights” of liberty that evolved from the above
excerpt of the U.S. Declaration of Independence? |
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Answers to these sample questions are also available on the Answers
page.
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This page last updated on 05/19/2009
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