GED Social Studies Practice Test 1

“…The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny….” — James Madison

Which feature of the United States Constitution was included to address the concern expressed by James Madison?

The map illustrates the impact on the United States of the

Information on the map supports the conclusion that congressional leaders in 1820 and 1821 wanted to

Base your answer to the following question on the chart below.

Which conclusion can best be drawn from the information in this chart?

Base your answer to following question on the cartoon below and on your knowledge of social studies.

The cartoon illustrates President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s dissatisfaction with

Base your answers to the following question on the map below.

Based on this map, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) received the least support in the

Base your answers to the following question on the map below.

Based on this map, the proposed equal rights amendment was not added to the Constitution because

President Abraham Lincoln’s suspension of habeas corpus and President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s executive order forcing Japanese Americans into internment camps both demonstrate that

Base your answers to the following question on the map below and on your knowledge of social studies.

This map illustrates the relationship between

Base your answers to the following question on the map below and on your knowledge of social studies.

Which process is shown on this map?

Base your answer to the following question on the passage below.

…The girl and two other children were left on a mountaintop to succumb [fall victim] to the cold as offerings to the gods, according to the archaeologists who found the mummified remains in Argentina in 1999….
— “Frozen Inca Mummy Goes On Display,”
National Geographic News, September 11, 2007

This passage best illustrates the role of archaeologists in

Base your answer to the following question on the cartoon below.

What is the main idea of this cartoon?