GED SOCIAL STUDIES 2026 UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS VERIFIED
STUDY GUIDE GRADED A+
⩥ sovereignty.
Answer: the ultimate, supreme power in a state
⩥ socialism.
Answer: A system in which the government owns and controls the
means of production; business and the economy; there is no private
property
⩥ standard of living.
Answer: the overall quality of life that people experience
⩥ tariff.
Answer: a tax on an imported good
⩥ supply.
Answer: the quantity of a product or service a producer is willing and
able to offer for sale at each possible price
,⩥ summarize.
Answer: to briefly express a writer's key thought
⩥ suffrage.
Answer: the right to vote
⩥ technology.
Answer: the application of processes, methods, or knowledge to achieve
a specific purpose
⩥ theocracy.
Answer: any government in which the leaders of the government are
also the leaders of the religion and they rule as representatives of the
deity
⩥ totalitarianism.
Answer: a centralized government that does not tolerate parties of
differing opinion and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects
of life
⩥ treaty.
Answer: a formal agreement between sovereign nations to create or
restrict rights and responsibilities
,⩥ unitary government.
Answer: a government system in which all governmental authority is
vested in a central government from which regional and local
governments derive their powers
⩥ United Nations.
Answer: an international organization composed of most of the nations
of the world, formed in 1945, to promote global peace, security, and
economic development
⩥ urbanization.
Answer: the process of an increasing number of people moving to cities
to work and live, and the development that results
⩥ veto.
Answer: a privileged single vote that, according to some systems of
rules for decision-making, has the effect of blocking or negating a
majority decision
⩥ voluntary exchange.
Answer: trade between people when each one feels he or she is better off
after the trade
⩥ wealth.
, Answer: an accumulation of goods having economic value
⩥ protectionism.
Answer: the practice of protecting domestic industries from foreign
competition by imposing import duties or quotas
⩥ public service.
Answer: service to local, state, or national communities through
appointed or elected office
⩥ quota.
Answer: a limit on how much of a good can be imported; set either by
quantity or by the dollar value
⩥ radical.
Answer: a person who advocates sweeping changes in the laws and
methods of government with the least delay
⩥ ratify.
Answer: to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction
⩥ reactionary.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS VERIFIED
STUDY GUIDE GRADED A+
⩥ sovereignty.
Answer: the ultimate, supreme power in a state
⩥ socialism.
Answer: A system in which the government owns and controls the
means of production; business and the economy; there is no private
property
⩥ standard of living.
Answer: the overall quality of life that people experience
⩥ tariff.
Answer: a tax on an imported good
⩥ supply.
Answer: the quantity of a product or service a producer is willing and
able to offer for sale at each possible price
,⩥ summarize.
Answer: to briefly express a writer's key thought
⩥ suffrage.
Answer: the right to vote
⩥ technology.
Answer: the application of processes, methods, or knowledge to achieve
a specific purpose
⩥ theocracy.
Answer: any government in which the leaders of the government are
also the leaders of the religion and they rule as representatives of the
deity
⩥ totalitarianism.
Answer: a centralized government that does not tolerate parties of
differing opinion and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects
of life
⩥ treaty.
Answer: a formal agreement between sovereign nations to create or
restrict rights and responsibilities
,⩥ unitary government.
Answer: a government system in which all governmental authority is
vested in a central government from which regional and local
governments derive their powers
⩥ United Nations.
Answer: an international organization composed of most of the nations
of the world, formed in 1945, to promote global peace, security, and
economic development
⩥ urbanization.
Answer: the process of an increasing number of people moving to cities
to work and live, and the development that results
⩥ veto.
Answer: a privileged single vote that, according to some systems of
rules for decision-making, has the effect of blocking or negating a
majority decision
⩥ voluntary exchange.
Answer: trade between people when each one feels he or she is better off
after the trade
⩥ wealth.
, Answer: an accumulation of goods having economic value
⩥ protectionism.
Answer: the practice of protecting domestic industries from foreign
competition by imposing import duties or quotas
⩥ public service.
Answer: service to local, state, or national communities through
appointed or elected office
⩥ quota.
Answer: a limit on how much of a good can be imported; set either by
quantity or by the dollar value
⩥ radical.
Answer: a person who advocates sweeping changes in the laws and
methods of government with the least delay
⩥ ratify.
Answer: to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction
⩥ reactionary.
