{"id":17431,"date":"2022-04-06T17:26:40","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T17:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/?p=17431"},"modified":"2022-04-11T13:15:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T13:15:37","slug":"whats-on-the-ged-social-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/ged\/whats-on-the-ged-social-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#039;s on the GED: Social Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The GED\u00ae Social Studies Test evaluates your ability to understand, interpret, and apply information. You will have 70 minutes to answer 35 questions that are based on reading passages and interpreting graphics such as charts, graphs, diagrams, editorial cartoons, photographs, and maps. You will need a minimum score of 145 to pass the Social Studies Test, which is one of the four tests you will need to pass in order to earn a high school equivalency diploma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>[ RELATED:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/study\/ged\/ged-practice-questions-social-studies\/\">GED\u00a0Social Studies Practice Questions<\/a>\u00a0<b>]<\/b><\/p>\n<div  style='height:5px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h2    avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_heading  '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >GED Social Studies Content Areas<\/h2><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Civics and Government (50%)<\/strong> topics include modern and historic governments, constitutional government, levels and branches of the U.S. government, the electoral system, and the role of the citizen.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>U.S. History (20%)<\/strong> topics stretch from colonialism and the American Revolution through the Civil War and Reconstruction into the modern era of industrialization, immigration, two world wars, the Cold War, and the movements for equal rights.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Economics (15%)<\/strong> topics include basic economics concepts and systems, the government and the economy, and labor and consumer economics issues.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Geography and the World (15%)<\/strong> topics cover major stages in world history as well as the relationship among resources, the environment, and societies.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h2    avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_heading  '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >GED Social Studies Practices<\/h2><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to testing your understanding of social studies passages and graphics, questions are based on your understanding of major skills, called <strong>S<\/strong><strong>ocial Studies Practices<\/strong>. They include the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Determine Central Ideas, Inferences, Hypotheses, and Conclusions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Analyze Words, Events, and Ideas in Social Studies Contexts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Analyze Author\u2019s Purpose and Point of View.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Evaluate Author\u2019s Reasoning and Evidence.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Analyze and Integrate Relationships Within and Between Social\u00a0<\/span>Studies Materials.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interpret Data and Statistics in Graphs and Charts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Find the Center in a Statistical Data Set, Including Average, Median,\u00a0<\/span>and Mode.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h2    avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_iconlist  '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Computer-Based Social Studies GED Test Question Formats<\/h2><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You will work with five question formats on the Social Studies Test. Many of the questions will be in the familiar multiple-choice format, but you will need to be acquainted with the other formats as well.<\/span><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-icon-list-container   avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_heading '><ul class='avia-icon-list avia-icon-list-left av-iconlist-big avia_animate_when_almost_visible avia-iconlist-animate'>\n<li><div  class='iconlist_icon  avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='iconlist-char ' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue812' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='iconlist_content_wrap'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av_iconlist_title iconlist_title   '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Multiple-Choice<\/h4><\/header><div class='iconlist_content  '  itemprop=\"text\"  ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Multiple-choice<\/em> questions have four options (A through D). You will <strong>click<\/strong> on the best answer.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class='iconlist-timeline'><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div  class='iconlist_icon  avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='iconlist-char ' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue812' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='iconlist_content_wrap'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av_iconlist_title iconlist_title   '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Fill-in-the-Blank<\/h4><\/header><div class='iconlist_content  '  itemprop=\"text\"  ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Fill-in-the-blank<\/em> questions will require you to <strong>type<\/strong> a word, phrase, or number in a box that appears on the screen.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class='iconlist-timeline'><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div  class='iconlist_icon  avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='iconlist-char ' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue811' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='iconlist_content_wrap'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av_iconlist_title iconlist_title   '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Drop-Down<\/h4><\/header><div class='iconlist_content  '  itemprop=\"text\"  ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Drop-down<\/em> questions give you the opportunity to <strong>click<\/strong> on the correct response to complete a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class='iconlist-timeline'><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div  class='iconlist_icon  avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='iconlist-char ' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue811' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='iconlist_content_wrap'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av_iconlist_title iconlist_title   '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Hot-Spot<\/h4><\/header><div class='iconlist_content  '  itemprop=\"text\"  ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Hot-spot<\/em> items consist of a graphic image or images. You will need to <strong>click<\/strong> on\u00a0<\/span>one or more \u201cpoints\u201d or graphics on the screen.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class='iconlist-timeline'><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div  class='iconlist_icon  avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='iconlist-char ' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue811' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='iconlist_content_wrap'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h4 class='av_iconlist_title iconlist_title   '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Drag-and-Drop<\/h4><\/header><div class='iconlist_content  '  itemprop=\"text\"  ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Drag-and-drop<\/em> items require you to <strong>click<\/strong> on a small image, words, or numerical\u00a0<\/span>expression and to <strong>drag and drop<\/strong> it in a specified location on the computer screen.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class='iconlist-timeline'><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h2    avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_iconlist  avia-builder-el-last  '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Math Problems on the GED Social Studies Test<\/h2><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many social studies investigations use mathematics. For that reason, there will be math questions on the GED\u00ae Social Studies Test.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although you do not have to use a calculator, you may use either a handheld or an on-screen version of the TI-30XS MultiView\u2122 calculator on the Social Studies Test. Some problems will say: <em>You MAY use your calculator<\/em>. When you see that language, the calculator icon appears at the top of the screen. If you cannot remember how to use the calculator, you can open the online\u00a0<\/span>Calculator Reference Sheet.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can click the links to open, move, and close both the online Texas Instruments\u00a0<\/span>TI-30XS MultiView\u2122 calculator and the Calculator Reference Sheet. You will want to move them on the computer screen so that they don\u2019t block the problem. 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