What to Study for GED Social Studies Test?

November 26, 2025
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Wanting to get your GED Social Studies Test Right this time, below you will see all about the Social Studies test and topics you should know well to pass your test with high scores;

Studying for the GED Social Studies test doesn’t have to be confusing. The exam focuses on understanding key concepts—not memorizing dates or long histories. In this guide, you’ll learn exactly what to study for the GED Social Studies test, including civics and government, U.S. history, economics, and geography. You’ll also discover the critical thinking skills the exam requires, such as analyzing graphs, interpreting historical documents, and evaluating arguments. With the right focus, you can prepare smarter and pass with confidence.

ABOUT GED SOCIAL STUDIES TEST

Test Topics

  • Reading for Meaning in Social Studies
  • Analyzing Historical Events and Arguments in Social Studies
  • Using Numbers and Graphs in Social Studies

Format of the Test – 1 Part with about 46 to 53 questions

  • Made up of multiple choices, drag and drop, fill in the blank, hot spot and drop down questions.
  • An on-screen calculator will be provided on the computer.

Test Duration – 70 minutes (1.10 Hours)

  • 70 minutes to complete the Social Studies Test.
  • Includes 2 minutes of instructions and final review
  • No breaks

Note: The Social Studies test is not a memorization test; therefore you don’t need to do things like memorize capitals, countries or time frames of events. It covers concepts including using logic, applying mathematical reasoning and drawing conclusions in a social studies context.

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Major Social Studies Skills to Focus on;

1. Reading for Meaning in Social Studies

  • Determining the main ideas social studies readings
  • Using details to make inferences or claims
  • Knowing the meanings of common social studies vocabulary, terms and phrases e.g. capitalism, socialism, communism
  • Identifying how authors use language to establish their points of view or purpose.
  • Determining when an author is using factual statements or inferences, as opposed to opinions.
  • Determining whether a claim is or is not supported by evidence
  • Comparing information that differs between sources

2. Analyzing Historical Events and Arguments in Social Studies

  • Making inferences or drawing conclusions by applying your logic and reasoning skills to the evidence presented in social studies readings.
  • Analyzing cause-and-effect relationships
  • Describing the connections between people, places, environments, processes, and events
  • Putting events in order and understanding the steps in a process (for example, how a bill becomes a law)
  • Analyzing the relationship of events, processes, and ideas.
  • Analyzing whether earlier events actually caused later ones or simply occurred before them.
  • Analyzing how events and situations shape the author’s point of view
  • Evaluating whether the author’s evidence is factual, relevant, and sufficient
  • Making judgments about how different ideas impact the author’s argument
  • Identifying when a social studies reading uses bias or propaganda

3. Using Numbers and Graphs in Social Studies

  • Making sense of information that is presented in different ways
  • Analyzing information from maps, tables, charts, photographs, and political cartoons
  • Representing textual data into visual form (charts, graphs, and tables)
  • Interpreting, using, and creating graphs with appropriate labeling, and use the data to predict trends
  • Analyzing how a graph showing independent and dependent variables related to each other
  • Recognizing the difference between correlation and causation between events
  • How to find the mean, median, mode, and range of a data set.

Resources that will support you;

Furthermore, Below we have placed links to each explanations of all GED Social Studies topics for you to study, take them one by one at your space, there are also test questions in each of them.

CHAPTER 1CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT1.0 TYPES OF HISTORICAL AND MODERN GOVERNMENTShttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/types-of-government-historical-and-modern-systems-explained-civics-guide/
1.1 BASIC PRINCIPLES OF AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACYhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/basic-principles-of-american-constitutional-democracy-civics-government/
1.2 STRUCTURE AND DESIGN OF THE U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENThttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/understanding-the-structure-and-functions-of-the-u-s-federal-government/
1.3 THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCHhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/how-the-legislative-branch-works-in-the-u-s-federal-government/
1.4 THE EXECUTIVE BRANCHhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/the-executive-branch-of-the-u-s-federal-government-civics-explained/
1.5 THE PRESIDENT’S CABINEThttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/the-presidents-cabinet-of-the-u-s-federal-government-civics-government-explained/
1.6 THE JUDICIAL BRANCHhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/the-judicial-branch-of-the-u-s-federal-government-civics-government-guide/
1.7 AMENDING THE CONSTITUTIONhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/amending-the-u-s-constitution-civics-and-government-explained/
1.8 THE BILL OF RIGHTShttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/understanding-the-bill-of-rights-u-s-civics-and-government-guide/
1.9 CITIZENS’ RIGHTS AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIEShttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/citizens-rights-and-civic-duties-in-the-u-s-government-civics-guide/
1.10 POLITICAL PARTIEShttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/political-parties-in-the-u-s-federal-government-civics-and-government-explained/
1.11 POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS, ELECTIONS, AND THE ELECTORAL PROCESShttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/political-campaigns-elections-and-the-electoral-process-in-u-s-government/
1.12 CONTEMPORARY PUBLIC POLICYhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/contemporary-public-policy-in-the-u-s-government-civics-and-government-explained/
CHAPTER 2UNITED STATES HISTORY2.1 EUROPEAN EXPLORATION OF THE AMERICAShttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/european-exploration-of-the-americas-causes-routes-impact/
2.2 THE ENGLISH COLONY IN VIRGINIAhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/the-english-colony-in-virginia-early-american-history-explained/
2.3 ENGLISH COLONIES IN NEW ENGLAND AND MARYLANDhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/new-england-and-maryland-colonies-english-settlement-in-america/
2.4 THE THIRTEEN COLONIES TAKE SHAPEhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/the-formation-of-the-thirteen-colonies-early-u-s-history-overview/
2.5 TENSIONS RISE BETWEEN THE COLONIES AND GREAT BRITAINhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/colonial-tensions-with-great-britain-causes-of-the-american-revolution/
2.6 THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS AND THE BEGINNING OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/first-continental-congress-and-the-american-revolution-u-s-history-guide/
2.7 THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS AND THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCEhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/second-continental-congress-and-declaration-of-independence-founding-of-the-u-s/
2.8 THE REVOLUTIONARY WARhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/the-revolutionary-war-american-independence-and-key-events/
2.9 FROM THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTIONhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/articles-of-confederation-vs-u-s-constitution-u-s-history-explained/
2.10 THE WAR OF 1812https://www.dtwgedprep.com/the-war-of-1812-u-s-history-causes-effects-major-events/
2.11 THE MONROE DOCTRINEhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/the-monroe-doctrine-origins-purpose-legacy-in-u-s-history/
2.12 U.S. POLICY TOWARD NATIVE AMERICANShttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/u-s-policy-toward-native-americans-history-of-treaties-removal-resistance/
2.13 MANIFEST DESTINYhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/manifest-destiny-u-s-history-of-westward-expansion-and-its-impact/
2.14 CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTIONhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/civil-war-and-reconstruction-u-s-history-conflict-and-recovery/
2.15 THE UNITED STATES BECOMES A MAJOR INDUSTRIAL NATIONhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/industrial-growth-in-the-united-states-u-s-history-of-economic-transformation/
2.16 THE UNITED STATES BECOMES A WORLD POWERhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/the-u-s-becomes-a-world-power-growth-of-american-global-influence/
2.17 WORLD WAR Ihttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/world-war-i-u-s-history-americas-role-in-the-great-war/
2.18 THE GREAT DEPRESSIONhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/the-great-depression-u-s-history-of-economic-crisis-and-new-deal-reforms/
2.19 WORLD WAR IIhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/world-war-ii-u-s-history-of-the-second-world-war-and-its-legacy/
2.20 POSTWAR AMERICAhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/postwar-america-u-s-history-after-world-war-ii-growth-and-tensions/
2.21 THE COLD WARhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/the-cold-war-u-s-history-of-global-rivalry-and-nuclear-tensions/
2.22 THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND THE WOMEN’S MOVEMENThttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/civil-rights-and-womens-movements-u-s-history-of-social-change/
2.23 THE GREAT SOCIETY, THE VIETNAM WAR, AND WATERGATEhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/great-society-vietnam-war-watergate-u-s-history-of-change-and-crisis/
2.24 PRESIDENCIES IN THE LATE 20TH AND EARLY 21ST CENTURIEShttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/modern-u-s-presidencies-reagan-to-obama-key-events-leadership/
2.25 ISSUES FACING THE UNITED STATES AT THE START OF THE 21ST CENTURYhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/21st-century-u-s-issues-american-challenges-in-modern-history/
CHAPTER 3ECONOMICS3.1 FUNDAMENTAL ECONOMIC CONCEPTShttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/fundamental-economic-concepts-key-principles-of-economics-explained/
3.2 MICROECONOMICS AND MACROECONOMICShttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/microeconomics-and-macroeconomics-understanding-the-two-branches-of-economics/
3.3 BANKING AND CREDIThttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/banking-and-credit-understanding-financial-systems-and-credit-management/
3.4 THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN THE NATIONAL ECONOMYhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/government-and-the-economy-how-public-policy-shapes-economic-outcomes/
3.5 INTERNATIONAL TRADEhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/international-trade-understanding-global-exchange-and-economic-interdependence/
3.6 KEY ECONOMIC EVENTS IN U.S. HISTORYhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/key-u-s-economic-events-from-the-great-depression-to-the-2008-recession/
CHAPTER 4GEOGRAPHY AND THE WORLD4.1 ECOSYSTEMShttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/ecosystems-understanding-types-structure-and-human-impact-on-the-environment/
4.2 GEOGRAPHY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN SOCIETIEShttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/geography-and-human-development-how-land-water-climate-influence-civilization/
4.3 HUMAN CHANGES TO THE ENVIRONMENThttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/human-impact-on-the-environment-geography-and-global-change-explained/
4.4 HUMAN MIGRATIONhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/understanding-human-migration-geography-of-movement-and-global-change/
4.5 POPULATION TRENDS AND ISSUEShttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/population-trends-and-global-issues-geography-and-demographic-change/
4.6 GEOGRAPHY TOOLS AND SKILLShttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/geography-tools-and-skills-mastering-maps-gis-and-spatial-thinking/
CHAPTER 5FOCUSING THEMES5.1 WHAT ARE FOCUSING THEMES ON THE SOCIAL STUDIES TEST?https://www.dtwgedprep.com/what-are-focusing-themes-on-the-social-studies-test-focusing-themes/
5.2 THE EARLIEST CIVILIZATIONShttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/the-first-civilizations-understanding-early-human-societies-and-cultures/
5.3 EARLY CHINAhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/early-chinese-civilization-geography-dynasties-and-cultural-achievements/
5.4 EARLY INDIAhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/early-india-civilization-indus-valley-hinduism-and-historical-contributions/
5.5 CLASSICAL GREECEhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/classical-greece-democracy-city-states-and-lasting-achievements/
5.6 ROMEhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/ancient-rome-government-expansion-and-cultural-contributions/
5.7 THE GREAT MIGRATION AND THE MIDDLE AGEShttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/the-great-migration-medieval-europe-fall-of-rome-to-feudalism-explained/
5.8 FEUDALISMhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/feudalism-in-the-middle-ages-lords-vassals-and-the-medieval-hierarchy/
5.9 THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICAhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/history-of-the-middle-east-and-africa-empires-trade-routes-and-cultures/
5.10 CIVILIZATIONS IN THE AMERICAShttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/civilizations-in-the-americas-maya-aztec-inca-and-their-lasting-contributions/
5.11 RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION IN EUROPEhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/renaissance-and-reformation-in-europe-art-science-and-religious-change/
5.12 THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION, THE ENLIGHTENMENT, AND THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/scientific-revolution-enlightenment-and-industrial-revolution-key-turning-points-in-history/
5.13 THE AGE OF EXPLORATIONhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/age-of-exploration-european-discoveries-colonization-and-global-impact/
5.14 BUILDING EMPIREShttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/building-empires-how-civilizations-expanded-and-shaped-the-world/
5.15 REVOLUTIONS IN BRITAIN AND FRANCEhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/revolutions-in-britain-and-france-causes-impacts-and-historical-significance/
5.16 NEW POLITICAL IDEAS IN THE 19TH CENTURYhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/new-political-ideas-in-the-19th-century-nationalism-liberalism-social-change/
5.17 POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN 19TH-CENTURY EUROPEhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/political-developments-in-19th-century-europe-nationalism-unification-reform/
5.18 WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/world-war-i-and-the-russian-revolution-causes-effects-historical-impact/
5.19 THE RISE OF FASCISMhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/the-rise-of-fascism-causes-leaders-and-impact-in-20th-century-europe/
5.20 WORLD WAR IIhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/world-war-ii-causes-major-battles-and-global-consequences/
5.21 THE END OF EUROPEAN DOMINANCE AND THE FORMATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNIONhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/end-of-european-dominance-rise-of-the-european-union-postwar-transformation/
5.22 THE END OF THE SOVIET UNIONhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/end-of-the-soviet-union-cold-war-collapse-the-rise-of-independent-states/
5.23 CHINA TODAYhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/china-today-economy-government-and-global-role-in-the-21st-century/
5.24 THE ARAB WORLDhttps://www.dtwgedprep.com/the-arab-world-culture-politics-and-change-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa/

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