GED SOCIAL STUDIES COMPLETE EXAM
PACKAGE DEAL 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
◉ amendment proposal. Answer: must be proposed by a 2/3 vote of
both houses of Congress or by a convention called by Congress at the
request of 2/3 of the state legislatures
◉ amendment ratification. Answer: 3/4 of the state legislatures
◉ Articles of Confederation. Answer: 1st constitution of the U.S.
1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax,
no power to regulate trade)
◉ balance of trade. Answer: the difference between a country's total
exports and total imports for 1 year
◉ barter. Answer: the direct exchange of one good or service for
another without the use of money
◉ bias. Answer: a strong opinion held by a person about a topic,
sometimes without good reason
,◉ bicameral. Answer: A legislative body made up of 2 houses
◉ Bill of Rights. Answer: The first ten amendments to the US
Constitution
◉ Bill of Rights began. Answer: ratified in 1791
◉ Bill of Rights purpose. Answer: limits governmental power and
protects basic rights and liberties of individuals
◉ boycott. Answer: a form of protest in which a group refuses to buy
the products of a country or company until it makes some
demanded change
◉ bureaucracy. Answer: an administrative organization that
implements government policies
◉ business cycle. Answer: the periods of recession and expansion
that an economy goes through because production does not increase
continuously over time
◉ Cabinet. Answer: the secretaries, or chief administrators, of the
major departments of the federal government
, ◉ Cabinet - How do you get this job?. Answer: appointed by the
president with the consent of the Senete
◉ capital. Answer: manufactured resources such as tools, machinery,
and buildings that are used in the production of other goods and
services; sometimes called real capital
◉ capital gains tax (CGT). Answer: money paid to the federal
government out of profits from the sale of land, buildings, stocks,
and other capital assets
◉ capitalism. Answer: an economic system that is based on the
private ownership of property and the resources of production
◉ case study. Answer: an in-depth examination of an issue or an
individual
◉ checks and balances. Answer: a Constitutional system that allows
each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches
in order to prevent abuse of power
◉ civil rights. Answer: the protections and privileges of personal
liberty given to all US citizens by the Constitution and Bill of Rights
PACKAGE DEAL 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
◉ amendment proposal. Answer: must be proposed by a 2/3 vote of
both houses of Congress or by a convention called by Congress at the
request of 2/3 of the state legislatures
◉ amendment ratification. Answer: 3/4 of the state legislatures
◉ Articles of Confederation. Answer: 1st constitution of the U.S.
1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax,
no power to regulate trade)
◉ balance of trade. Answer: the difference between a country's total
exports and total imports for 1 year
◉ barter. Answer: the direct exchange of one good or service for
another without the use of money
◉ bias. Answer: a strong opinion held by a person about a topic,
sometimes without good reason
,◉ bicameral. Answer: A legislative body made up of 2 houses
◉ Bill of Rights. Answer: The first ten amendments to the US
Constitution
◉ Bill of Rights began. Answer: ratified in 1791
◉ Bill of Rights purpose. Answer: limits governmental power and
protects basic rights and liberties of individuals
◉ boycott. Answer: a form of protest in which a group refuses to buy
the products of a country or company until it makes some
demanded change
◉ bureaucracy. Answer: an administrative organization that
implements government policies
◉ business cycle. Answer: the periods of recession and expansion
that an economy goes through because production does not increase
continuously over time
◉ Cabinet. Answer: the secretaries, or chief administrators, of the
major departments of the federal government
, ◉ Cabinet - How do you get this job?. Answer: appointed by the
president with the consent of the Senete
◉ capital. Answer: manufactured resources such as tools, machinery,
and buildings that are used in the production of other goods and
services; sometimes called real capital
◉ capital gains tax (CGT). Answer: money paid to the federal
government out of profits from the sale of land, buildings, stocks,
and other capital assets
◉ capitalism. Answer: an economic system that is based on the
private ownership of property and the resources of production
◉ case study. Answer: an in-depth examination of an issue or an
individual
◉ checks and balances. Answer: a Constitutional system that allows
each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches
in order to prevent abuse of power
◉ civil rights. Answer: the protections and privileges of personal
liberty given to all US citizens by the Constitution and Bill of Rights
