Arco Master the Ged Social Studies 2003

by Arco Publishing

• ISBN13: 9780768910018
• ISBN10: 0768910013
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-11-15
• Publisher: Peterson's Guides

Summary

Affordable, subject-specific guides for older students who want a shot at a better job. Each volume offers step-by-step instruction and practice tests for each of the 5 subject tests in the GED Battery.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	v
Introduction	1	(6)
PRETEST	7	(100)
Answers and Explanations	24	(5)
Introduction to the GED Test	29	(2)
Content and Format of the GED Test	29	(1)
Scoring the Test	30	(1)
The Social Studies Section of the GED	31	(8)
Content Areas of the GED Social Studies Test	31	(1)
Four Skills Necessary for Success on the GED Social Studies Test	32	(1)
Source Material for GED Social Studies Test Questions	33	(1)
Types of Questions Found on the GED Social Studies Test and Strategies for Each Type of Question	33	(5)
General GED Test-Taking Tips	38	(1)
The New World	39	(16)
The Struggle for Independence	40	(2)
The Early Government	42	(1)
Expansion and Growing Pains	43	(3)
Industrialization	46
The Civil War and Reconstruction	45	(2)
Twentieth-Century Turbulence and the Rise to Superpower Status	47	(4)
The Late Twentieth Century and Contemporary Events	51	(4)
Civics and Government	55	(12)
Political Systems	55	(1)
The U.S. Government	56	(5)
Checks and Balances	61	(1)
The U.S. Federal System	61	(2)
The U.S. Political System	63	(1)
Canadian Government	64	(3)
Economics	67	(10)
Economic Systems	68	(1)
Capitalism	68	(1)
Socialism	68	(1)
Communism	69	(1)
Mixed Economics	69	(1)
Factors of Production	70	(1)
Supply and Demand	71	(1)
Government and Economics	72	(1)
Money, Monetary Policy, and Financial Institutions	73	(1)
Labor Relations	73	(1)
Foreign Trade	74	(3)
Introduction to Geography	77	(10)
The Role of Geographers	77	(1)
Themes of Geography	78	(1)
Globes and Maps	79	(1)
Latitude and Longitude	80	(2)
Time Zones	82	(2)
Topography and Climate	84	(1)
Environmental Issues	85	(2)
Historical Documents on the GED Social Studies Test	87	(10)
The Declaration of Independence	87	(1)
The U.S. Constitution	87	(5)
The Federalist Papers	92	(1)
Landmark Supreme Court Cases	93	(4)
Canadian History	97	(10)
The Earliest Canadians	97	(1)
The Arrival of Europeans	97	(1)
Early Canadian Colonies	98	(1)
Conflict with the British	99	(1)
Early British Rule	100	(1)
Westward Expansion and Immigration	101	(1)
Radicals, Reformers, and the Act of Union	102	(2)
Industrialization and Immigration	104	(1)
Canada, the British Empire, and Problems in Quebec	104	(1)
The Twentieth Century after World War I	105	(2)
GLOSSARY	107	(8)
PRACTICE TEST	115	(22)
Answers and Explanations	132	(3)
Analysis Chart	135	(2)
POSTTEST	137	(18)
Answers and Explanations	151	(4)
APPENDIX	155	(1)
The Declaration of Independence	156	(2)
The Constitution of the United States of America	158	(13)
The Federalist Papers	171	(7)
The Monroe Doctrine	178	(1)
Report of the Woman's Rights Convention	179	(2)
The Emancipation Proclamation (1863)	181