GED GED-Social-Studies - GED Social Studies Exam Exam
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Question #11 (Topic: )
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Which of the following governmental actions would the marchers in the photograph most
likely want to happen?
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Which of the following governmental actions would the marchers in the photograph most
likely want to happen?
A. an end to federal restrictions on immigration
B. enforcing the concept of “separate, but equal” schools
C. legislation that restricted the right to assemble
D. legislation to open jobs to all qualified people regardless of race
E. a law restricting interracial marriage
Answer: D
Question #12 (Topic: )
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Which constitutional right protects the activity illustrated in the photograph?
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Which constitutional right protects the activity illustrated in the photograph?
A. to bear arms
B. to prohibit quartering of troops
C. to freedom of speech
D. to demand a search warrant
E. not to testify in court against oneself
Answer: C
Question #13 (Topic: )
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According to the graph at the left, in which year was the percentage of workers producing
goods about the same as that of workers producing agricultural products?
According to the graph at the left, in which year was the percentage of workers producing
goods about the same as that of workers producing agricultural products?
A. 1870
B. 1890
C. 1910
D. 1930
E. 1950
Answer: C
Question #14 (Topic: )
In 261 B.C., Buddhist missionaries traveled throughout Southeast Asia teaching about the
moral instructions of Buddha. Their teachings included:
? “One should obey one’s father and mother.”
? “One should respect the value and sacredness of life.”
? “Pupils should honor their teachers.”
? “The faiths of all others deserve to be honored.”
Which of the following developments in world history was most similar in nature to the
activities in 261 B.C. described above?
moral instructions of Buddha. Their teachings included:
? “One should obey one’s father and mother.”
? “One should respect the value and sacredness of life.”
? “Pupils should honor their teachers.”
? “The faiths of all others deserve to be honored.”
Which of the following developments in world history was most similar in nature to the
activities in 261 B.C. described above?
A. spreading Christianity in the Mediterranean world in the first and second centuries, A.D.
B. expelling the followers of Judaism from Spain in 1492
C. colonizing the Americas by the Spanish, French, and English in the 1500s and 1600s
D. persecuting members of the Russian Orthodox Church in Russia after 1917
E. encouraging the use of the polio vaccine among American school children of the 1960s
Answer: A
Question #15 (Topic: )
Journalists write stories for newspapers, radio, and television.To get information in an
interview, journalists must first gain a persons trust.However, journalists sometimes may
print information that a person does not want reported.Journalists argue that they are
obligated to tell the facts as they see them.If this happens, the person who was interviewed
may feel betrayed and embarrassed.
The idea that journalists should not reveal information to the public that people have asked
them to keep secret is supported by which of the following statements?
interview, journalists must first gain a persons trust.However, journalists sometimes may
print information that a person does not want reported.Journalists argue that they are
obligated to tell the facts as they see them.If this happens, the person who was interviewed
may feel betrayed and embarrassed.
The idea that journalists should not reveal information to the public that people have asked
them to keep secret is supported by which of the following statements?
A. tell the truth no matter who is hurt by the story
B. respect people’s privacy more than an obligation to print a story
C. serve the reader, not the person the news story is about
D. write the truth as they see it
E. write about topics that help to sell newspapers
Answer: B
