GED SOCIAL STUDIES EXAM SCRIPT 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔continents are - ✔✔Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, &
South America
✔✔contrast - ✔✔to look for ways in which 2 things are different
✔✔continents - ✔✔7 large land masses on Earth
✔✔criminal justice - ✔✔the branch of law that deals with disputes or actions involving
criminal penalties
✔✔criminal justice does - ✔✔regulates the conduct of individuals, defines crimes, and
provides punishment for criminal acts
✔✔criteria - ✔✔standards by which something is judged to determine the value or worth
✔✔cultural diffusion - ✔✔the adoption of an aspect of another group's culture, such as
the spread of the English language
✔✔culture - ✔✔the learned behavior of people, such as belief systems and languages,
social relations, institutions, organizations, and material goods such as food, clothing,
buildings, and technology
✔✔deflation - ✔✔a general lowering of prices; the opposite of inflation
✔✔delegated powers - ✔✔powers granted tot he national government under the
Constitution, as enumerated in Articles 1, 2, & 3
✔✔demand - ✔✔how much a consumer is willing and able to buy at each possible price
✔✔democracy - ✔✔the practice of the principle of equality of rights, opportunity, and
treatment; rule by the people
✔✔demographics - ✔✔the statistical data of a population
✔✔developing nation - ✔✔a country with low levels of well-being, as measured by
economic, social, and technological sophistication
✔✔dictatorship - ✔✔a system of government in which one person has absolute
authority, including complete domination of the citizens' lives
, ✔✔dictatorship rights - ✔✔the most basic of citizens' rights are taken away in order to
guarantee the leader's hold on power
✔✔due process of law - ✔✔the right of every citizen to be protected against arbitrary
action by government
✔✔economic growth - ✔✔an increase in an economy's ability to produce goods and
services, which brings about a rise in standards of living
✔✔economics - ✔✔the study of the process of producing and distributing a good and
how it relates to buying, selling, and making a profit in a society
✔✔emigration - ✔✔the process of leaving a country (or other political unit) to live in
another country
✔✔entrepreneur - ✔✔a person who organizes, manages, and takes on the risks of a
business venture
✔✔Equal Protection Clause - ✔✔14th amendment clause that prohibits states from
denying equal protection under the law, and has been used to combat discrimination
✔✔equal protection of the law - ✔✔the idea that no individual or group may receive
special privileges from, nor be unjustly discriminated by, the law
✔✔exchange rate - ✔✔the price of one currency in terms of another
✔✔fact - ✔✔a statement that can be proved to be true
✔✔Federal Reserve System - ✔✔a system of 12 district banks and a Board of
Governors that regulates the activities of financial institutions and controls the money
supply
✔✔federal supremacy - ✔✔a concept established in Article 6 of the Constitution,
providing that the Constitution and all federal laws and treaties shall be the supreme law
of the land; therefore, all federal laws take precedence over state and local laws
✔✔federalism - ✔✔a form of political organization in which governmental power is
divided between a central government and territorial subdivisions - in the United States
among the national, state, and local governments
✔✔Federalist Papers - ✔✔a collection of 85 articles written by Alexander Hamilton,
John Jay, and James Madison to support the adoption of the new US Constitution in
detail
WITH ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔continents are - ✔✔Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, &
South America
✔✔contrast - ✔✔to look for ways in which 2 things are different
✔✔continents - ✔✔7 large land masses on Earth
✔✔criminal justice - ✔✔the branch of law that deals with disputes or actions involving
criminal penalties
✔✔criminal justice does - ✔✔regulates the conduct of individuals, defines crimes, and
provides punishment for criminal acts
✔✔criteria - ✔✔standards by which something is judged to determine the value or worth
✔✔cultural diffusion - ✔✔the adoption of an aspect of another group's culture, such as
the spread of the English language
✔✔culture - ✔✔the learned behavior of people, such as belief systems and languages,
social relations, institutions, organizations, and material goods such as food, clothing,
buildings, and technology
✔✔deflation - ✔✔a general lowering of prices; the opposite of inflation
✔✔delegated powers - ✔✔powers granted tot he national government under the
Constitution, as enumerated in Articles 1, 2, & 3
✔✔demand - ✔✔how much a consumer is willing and able to buy at each possible price
✔✔democracy - ✔✔the practice of the principle of equality of rights, opportunity, and
treatment; rule by the people
✔✔demographics - ✔✔the statistical data of a population
✔✔developing nation - ✔✔a country with low levels of well-being, as measured by
economic, social, and technological sophistication
✔✔dictatorship - ✔✔a system of government in which one person has absolute
authority, including complete domination of the citizens' lives
, ✔✔dictatorship rights - ✔✔the most basic of citizens' rights are taken away in order to
guarantee the leader's hold on power
✔✔due process of law - ✔✔the right of every citizen to be protected against arbitrary
action by government
✔✔economic growth - ✔✔an increase in an economy's ability to produce goods and
services, which brings about a rise in standards of living
✔✔economics - ✔✔the study of the process of producing and distributing a good and
how it relates to buying, selling, and making a profit in a society
✔✔emigration - ✔✔the process of leaving a country (or other political unit) to live in
another country
✔✔entrepreneur - ✔✔a person who organizes, manages, and takes on the risks of a
business venture
✔✔Equal Protection Clause - ✔✔14th amendment clause that prohibits states from
denying equal protection under the law, and has been used to combat discrimination
✔✔equal protection of the law - ✔✔the idea that no individual or group may receive
special privileges from, nor be unjustly discriminated by, the law
✔✔exchange rate - ✔✔the price of one currency in terms of another
✔✔fact - ✔✔a statement that can be proved to be true
✔✔Federal Reserve System - ✔✔a system of 12 district banks and a Board of
Governors that regulates the activities of financial institutions and controls the money
supply
✔✔federal supremacy - ✔✔a concept established in Article 6 of the Constitution,
providing that the Constitution and all federal laws and treaties shall be the supreme law
of the land; therefore, all federal laws take precedence over state and local laws
✔✔federalism - ✔✔a form of political organization in which governmental power is
divided between a central government and territorial subdivisions - in the United States
among the national, state, and local governments
✔✔Federalist Papers - ✔✔a collection of 85 articles written by Alexander Hamilton,
John Jay, and James Madison to support the adoption of the new US Constitution in
detail
