GED SOCIAL STUDIES Exam Questions and Answers

QUESTION: 16

Energy-efficient products help users save money through decreased energy consumption and help conserve resources. Energy efficiency is a way to save the planet.Scientists warn that people are turning the globe into a hothouse by burning oil and other fuels that emit carbon dioxide, a gas that insulates the atmosphere.
According to this information, why, in addition to trying to save money, do many people buy energy-efficient products?

to promote convenience
to accomplish immediate goals
to preserve life on Earth
to improve products
to cut costs

Answer(s): C

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QUESTION: 17

If the trends concerning women and athletics continue as the author describes, which occupational field may provide more opportunities for women in the future?

nursing
education
clerical
military
sales

Answer(s): D

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QUESTION: 18

Which statement best summarizes the work of the United Nations in recent years?

operating with fewer member countries
shrinking in its responsibilities
favoring some countries over others
rejecting humanitarian efforts
expanding in its scope

Answer(s): E

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QUESTION: 19

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LOOKING BACKWARD
THEY WOULD CLOSE TO THE NEW COMER THE BRIDGE THAT CARRIED THEM
AND THEIR FATHERS OVER.
Source: "Looking Backward." Joseph Keppler, colored proof for Puck, 11 January 1893.
Reprinted courtesy of the Print Collection, Miriam and Irad. Wallach Division of Arts, Prints, and Photographs,
The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation.
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According to the evidence in the cartoon, what did some wealthy and middle-class people in the United States think about immigrants in the 1880s and 1890s?