Social Studies: Ged

by Steck-Vaughn Company

• ISBN13: 9780739828342
• ISBN10: 0739828347
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Steck-Vaughn Co

Table of Contents

To the Learner	1	(12)
What Are the GED Tests?	1	(3)
Why Should You Take the GED Tests?	4	(1)
How to Prepare for the GED Tests	4	(1)
What You Need to Know to Pass Test Two: Social Studies	5	(2)
Sample Passage and Items	7	(2)
Test-Taking Skills	9	(1)
Study Skills	10	(2)
Taking the Test	12	(1)
Using this Book	12	(1)
Pretest	13	(19)
Pretest Performance Analysis Chart	30	(1)
Study Planner	31	(1)
Unit 1: United States History	32	(62)
European Colonization of North America	34	(8)
Identifying the Main Idea	34	(6)
GED Mini-Test	40	(2)
The American Revolution	42	(8)
Summarizing Ideas	42	(6)
GED Mini-Test	48	(2)
Westward Expansion	50	(8)
Recognizing Unstated Assumptions	50	(6)
GED Mini-Test	56	(2)
The Civil War	58	(8)
Analyzing Cause and Effect	58	(6)
GED Mini-Test	64	(2)
Industrialization	66	(8)
Recognizing Values	66	(6)
GED Mini-rest	72	(2)
United States and the World	74	(20)
Distinguishing Conclusions from Supporting Details	74	(8)
GED Mini-rest	82	(12)
Cumulative Review	84	(9)
Performance Analysis	93	(1)
Unit 2: World History	94	(40)
Ancient Empires of the World	96	(8)
Identifying Implications	96	(6)
GED Mini-Test	102	(2)
How Nations Arose	104	(8)
Assessing the Appropriateness of Information	104	(6)
GED Mini-Test	110	(2)
Global Expansion	112	(8)
Analyzing Cause and Effect	112	(6)
GED Mini-Test	118	(2)
The Post-Cold War World	120	(14)
Recognizing Unstated Assumptions (in Political Cartoon)	120	(6)
GED Mini-Test	126	(8)
Cumulative Review	128	(5)
Performance Analysis	133	(1)
Unit 3: Civics and Government	134	(42)
Modern Government	136	(8)
Distinguishing Fact from Opinion	136	(6)
GED Mini-Test	142	(2)
Structure of the U.S. Government	144	(8)
Comparing and Contrasting	144	(6)
GED Mini-Test	150	(2)
U.S. Politics in Action	152	(8)
Identifying Faulty Logic	152	(6)
GED Mini-Test	158	(2)
U.S. Government and Its Citizens	160	(16)
Applying Information to New Contexts	160	(6)
GED Mini-Test	166	(10)
Cumulative Review	168	(7)
Performance Analysis	175	(1)
Unit 4: Economics	176	(32)
General Economic Principles	178	(8)
Using Ideas in New Contexts	178	(6)
GED Mini-Test	184	(2)
The Government and the Economy	186	(8)
Identifying Implications from Graphs	186	(6)
GED Mini-Test	192	(2)
Labor and the Economy	194	(14)
Assessing the Adequacy of Supporting Data	194	(6)
GED Mini-Test	200	(8)
Cumulative Review	202	(5)
Performance Analysis	207	(1)
Unit 5: Geography	208	(31)
Places and Regions	210	(8)
Restating Information from Maps	210	(6)
GED Mini-Test	216	(2)
Resources Affect Where People Live	218	(8)
Distinguishing Conclusions from Supporting Details	218	(6)
GED Mini-Test	224	(2)
How People Change the Environment	226	(13)
Recognizing Values	226	(6)
GED Mini-Test	232	(7)
Cumulative Review	234	(4)
Performance Analysis	238	(1)
Posttest	239	(18)
Posttest Performance Analysis Chart	256	(1)
Simulated GED Test	257	(18)
Simulated GED Test Performance Analysis Chart	274	(1)
Answers and Explanations	275	(73)
Glossary	348	(6)
Acknowledgments	354	(1)
Index	355	(6)
Answer Sheet	361