Readings in Social Studies

When you take the GED Social Studies Test, you will need to know basic information in the following areas:

• A New World (1000–1776)
• A New Nation (1775–1860)
• A Nation Divided (1860–1877)
• Industrial America (1865–1901)
• A New World Power (1898–1945)
• Postwar and Contemporary America (1945–present)

• Beginnings and Early Civilizations
• Feudalism to Nation State (1000 BCE–1770)
• The Age of Revolution (1750–1914)
• Half-Century of Crisis (1900–1945)
• The Twentieth Century and Beyond (1945–present)

• The World in Spatial Terms
• Places, Regions, and Physical Systems
• Human Systems, the Environment, and Society
• Uses of Geography

• Politics and Government
• American Government
• International Relations
• Citizens and Government

• Economics and Economic Systems
• The Free Enterprise System
• The Role of Consumers
• Business Organization and Labor
• The U.S. Economy
• Global Markets and Foreign Trade

Click on the topics above to learn more about key content areas in social studies.