Social Studies
GED Social Studies Practice Test 7
Forty new questions built around how American government works at every level: the founding ideas behind it, the parties and interest groups that compete inside it, and the state, county, and city governments that handle daily life. The rest of the set covers U.S. history from the Zenger trial to the 1973 oil embargo, everyday economics such as health plan costs and unit prices, and map projections and coordinates. Civics and government is half of the set, as on the real test.
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Article XIII of the Articles of Confederation said no change could be made to the Articles unless it was “agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.” In 1782, Congress proposed letting the national government collect a 5 percent tax on imports. Rhode Island alone voted no, and the plan failed. What weakness of the Articles does this example show?
Pacing yourself through 40 questions
The real Social Studies test gives you 70 minutes. Use that as your target here: try to finish this set in about 65 minutes, which leaves a few minutes to review. That works out to a little over a minute and a half per question, but passages vary. A short question on an amendment may take 30 seconds, while a table of survey results or a property tax calculation may take three minutes.
Check the clock at question 10, 20, and 30. If you are past the 16, 33, or 49 minute mark, you are falling behind. When a question stalls you for more than two minutes, choose your best answer, flag it, and move on. A guess costs nothing, while a long stall can cost you several easier questions at the end.
Reading questions about how government is organized
Many civics items in this set describe a situation and ask which level of government acts, or which group is doing what. Before you look at the choices, name the actor in the passage: a city council, a county clerk, a special district, a governor, an interest group, or a party leader. Then ask what power that actor has. Cities get their powers from the state, for example, so a state law can cancel a city rule.
Founding document questions quote a short line and then describe a new case. Restate the line in plain words first. If Madison says a republic draws its power from the people and its leaders serve limited terms, any choice with inherited power or self-chosen rulers is out, however official it sounds.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Practice Test 7 repeat questions from earlier tests?
- No. Every question in Practice Test 7 is new and does not appear in Practice Tests 1 to 6.
- Should I time myself on this practice test?
- Yes, once you have done a few untimed sets. Timing yourself shows whether your pace is close to what the real 70-minute test requires. Check ged.com for current official test details.
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