GED Social Studies Practice Test 1

Question – 1

The world’s history is filled with stories of people who are migrating. People moving from one place to another place, in search of a new home are called migrants. The aspects which ‘push’ immigrants to another country are starvation, limited resources, overpopulation, war, and religious and political persecution. Anticipation for employment and to lead a better life ‘pull’ immigrants to unknown places.

Since the 1600s, millions of people have migrated to North America. The first European settlers who established permanent colonies were Spanish, French, English, and Dutch immigrants. At this time, many African people from their home were driven to work in colonies in the Americas as slaves.Immigrants from Japan, China, and south-eastern Europe who were looking for employment came to North America, throughout the 1800s. Latin Americans, Southeast Asians, Americans, and Caribbean’s have migrated to North America in the 1970s and 1980s. They had fled from war-torn countries, or had faced economic difficulties, and political persecution.

1. On what faith the government of a country may control the immigrants to enter to their country?

Question – 2

The world’s history is filled with stories of people who are migrating. People moving from one place to another place, in search of a new home are called migrants. The aspects which ‘push’ immigrants to another country are starvation, limited resources, overpopulation, war, and religious and political persecution. Anticipation for employment and to lead a better life ‘pull’ immigrants to unknown places.Since the 1600s, millions of people have migrated to North America. The first European settlers who established permanent colonies were Spanish, French, English, and Dutch immigrants. At this time, many African people from their home were driven to work in colonies in the Americas as slaves.

Immigrants from Japan, China, and south-eastern Europe who were looking for employment came to North America, throughout the 1800s. Latin Americans, Southeast Asians, Americans, and Caribbean’s have migrated to North America in the 1970s and 1980s. They had fled from war-torn countries, or had faced economic difficulties, and political persecution.

2. Who were the first European settlers to establish permanent colonies?

Question – 3

The world’s history is filled with stories of people who are migrating. People moving from one place to another place, in search of a new home are called migrants. The aspects which ‘push’ immigrants to another country are starvation, limited resources, overpopulation, war, and religious and political persecution. Anticipation for employment and to lead a better life ‘pull’ immigrants to unknown places.

Since the 1600s, millions of people have migrated to North America. The first European settlers who established permanent colonies were Spanish, French, English, and Dutch immigrants. At this time, many African people from their home were driven to work in colonies in the Americas as slaves.Immigrants from Japan, China, and south-eastern Europe who were looking for employment came to North America, throughout the 1800s. Latin Americans, Southeast Asians, Americans, and Caribbean’s have migrated to North America in the 1970s and 1980s. They had fled from war-torn countries, or had faced economic difficulties, and political persecution.

3. Which of the following is not a fact but an opinion about the immigrants to North America based on the above information?

Question – 4

The world’s history is filled with stories of people who are migrating. People moving from one place to another place, in search of a new home are called migrants. The aspects which ‘push’ immigrants to another country are starvation, limited resources, overpopulation, war, and religious and political persecution. Anticipation for employment and to lead a better life ‘pull’ immigrants to unknown places.

Since the 1600s, millions of people have migrated to North America. The first European settlers who established permanent colonies were Spanish, French, English, and Dutch immigrants. At this time, many African people from their home were driven to work in colonies in the Americas as slaves.Immigrants from Japan, China, and south-eastern Europe who were looking for employment came to North America, throughout the 1800s. Latin Americans, Southeast Asians, Americans, and Caribbean’s have migrated to North America in the 1970s and 1980s. They had fled from war-torn countries, or had faced economic difficulties, and political persecution.

4. ___________ people were driven from their home to work in colonies in the Americas as slaves.

Question – 5

The ideal land of American colonists, which they dreamt about, was middle colonies: New York, Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. There were rich soils, long and navigable rivers. The land had the long growing season with moderate temperature. There was 200 acres of a typical farm in the middle colonies in which half of the land was cultivated. The major crop of the farmer was grain: barley, oats, wheat, corn and rye. They also grew fruits and vegetables. Though the Pennsylvania farmers had the wasteful techniques and poor tools of colonial agriculture, they could produce an excess. Thus, the farmers were not only adequate; they were also commercial farmers. Their middle colonies sold all the grains each year to Europe and other English colonies and hence, the colonies were nicknamed ‘bread colonies’.

5. What was the major crop of the Pennsylvania farmers?

Question – 6

The ideal land of American colonists, which they dreamt about, was middle colonies: New York, Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. There were rich soils, long and navigable rivers. The land had the long growing season with moderate temperature. There was 200 acres of a typical farm in the middle colonies in which half of the land was cultivated. The major crop of the farmer was grain: barley, oats, wheat, corn and rye. They also grew fruits and vegetables. Though the Pennsylvania farmers had the wasteful techniques and poor tools of colonial agriculture, they could produce an excess. Thus, the farmers were not only adequate; they were also commercial farmers. Their middle colonies sold all the grains each year to Europe and other English colonies and hence, the colonies were nicknamed ‘bread colonies’.

6. What is the opinion given by this passage?

Question – 7

The ideal land of American colonists, which they dreamt about, was middle colonies: New York, Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. There were rich soils, long and navigable rivers. The land had the long growing season with moderate temperature. There was 200 acres of a typical farm in the middle colonies in which half of the land was cultivated. The major crop of the farmer was grain: barley, oats, wheat, corn and rye. They also grew fruits and vegetables. Though the Pennsylvania farmers had the wasteful techniques and poor tools of colonial agriculture, they could produce an excess. Thus, the farmers were not only adequate; they were also commercial farmers. Their middle colonies sold all the grains each year to Europe and other English colonies and hence, the colonies were nicknamed ‘bread colonies’.

7. What is the main conclusion given by the author for the above information?

Question – 8

In general history about the nations of the Western Hemisphere and the United States, historians have struggled of what to call the first inhabitants of the hemisphere. Over the false impression, explorer Christopher Columbus had reached the ‘Indies’ and called ‘Indians’ the people he met there. This was a mistake in naming for the people of North and South America that has continued for more than 500 years, as they had no common name to be called by them.Anthropologists, historians, and political activists have suggested a variety of names, none fully agreeable. The term ‘aborigine’ has been used by Anthropologists, but this term advises a primitive level of survival inconsistent with the tribes’ cultural level. ‘Amerindian’ is the term that combines Columbus’s error with another Italian explorer’s name Amerigo Vespucci (This is a source for a name America), if we need any historical context. Though some social activists have a preference on ‘American Indian’, ‘Native American’ has become popular since the 1960s. Absence of a right representative name, descriptive references such as ‘indigenous peoples,’ or ‘native peoples’, through vague European influence has been avoided. Some argument has built over the tribes by the supporters on both sides whether to refer in the singular or plural ?????? Apache or Apaches ?????? demanding political correctness.

8. What is the reason behind Columbus to call the native inhabitants ‘Indians’?

Question – 9

In general history about the nations of the Western Hemisphere and the United States, historians have struggled of what to call the first inhabitants of the hemisphere. Over the false impression, explorer Christopher Columbus had reached the ‘Indies’ and called ‘Indians’ the people he met there. This was a mistake in naming for the people of North and South America that has continued for more than 500 years, as they had no common name to be called by them.Anthropologists, historians, and political activists have suggested a variety of names, none fully agreeable. The term ‘aborigine’ has been used by Anthropologists, but this term advises a primitive level of survival inconsistent with the tribes’ cultural level. ‘Amerindian’ is the term that combines Columbus’s error with another Italian explorer’s name Amerigo Vespucci (This is a source for a name America), if we need any historical context. Though some social activists have a preference on ‘American Indian’, ‘Native American’ has become popular since the 1960s. Absence of a right representative name, descriptive references such as ‘indigenous peoples,’ or ‘native peoples’, through vague European influence has been avoided. Some argument has built over the tribes by the supporters on both sides whether to refer in the singular or plural ?????? Apache or Apaches ?????? demanding political correctness.

9. Since 1960, which of the following name has been favoured?

Question – 10

In general history about the nations of the Western Hemisphere and the United States, historians have struggled of what to call the first inhabitants of the hemisphere. Over the false impression, explorer Christopher Columbus had reached the ‘Indies’ and called ‘Indians’ the people he met there. This was a mistake in naming for the people of North and South America that has continued for more than 500 years, as they had no common name to be called by them.Anthropologists, historians, and political activists have suggested a variety of names, none fully agreeable. The term ‘aborigine’ has been used by Anthropologists, but this term advises a primitive level of survival inconsistent with the tribes’ cultural level. ‘Amerindian’ is the term that combines Columbus’s error with another Italian explorer’s name Amerigo Vespucci (This is a source for a name America), if we need any historical context. Though some social activists have a preference on ‘American Indian’, ‘Native American’ has become popular since the 1960s. Absence of a right representative name, descriptive references such as ‘indigenous peoples,’ or ‘native peoples’, through vague European influence has been avoided. Some argument has built over the tribes by the supporters on both sides whether to refer in the singular or plural ?????? Apache or Apaches ?????? demanding political correctness.

10. Which of the following explorer’s name has become a source for the name ‘America’?

Question – 11

In general history about the nations of the Western Hemisphere and the United States, historians have struggled of what to call the first inhabitants of the hemisphere. Over the false impression, explorer Christopher Columbus had reached the ‘Indies’ and called ‘Indians’ the people he met there. This was a mistake in naming for the people of North and South America that has continued for more than 500 years, as they had no common name to be called by them.Anthropologists, historians, and political activists have suggested a variety of names, none fully agreeable. The term ‘aborigine’ has been used by Anthropologists, but this term advises a primitive level of survival inconsistent with the tribes’ cultural level. ‘Amerindian’ is the term that combines Columbus’s error with another Italian explorer’s name Amerigo Vespucci (This is a source for a name America), if we need any historical context. Though some social activists have a preference on ‘American Indian’, ‘Native American’ has become popular since the 1960s. Absence of a right representative name, descriptive references such as ‘indigenous peoples,’ or ‘native peoples’, through vague European influence has been avoided. Some argument has built over the tribes by the supporters on both sides whether to refer in the singular or plural ?????? Apache or Apaches ?????? demanding political correctness.

11. The term ‘aborigine’ has been used by ____________.

Question – 12

In general history about the nations of the Western Hemisphere and the United States, historians have struggled of what to call the first inhabitants of the hemisphere. Over the false impression, explorer Christopher Columbus had reached the ‘Indies’ and called ‘Indians’ the people he met there. This was a mistake in naming for the people of North and South America that has continued for more than 500 years, as they had no common name to be called by them.Anthropologists, historians, and political activists have suggested a variety of names, none fully agreeable. The term ‘aborigine’ has been used by Anthropologists, but this term advises a primitive level of survival inconsistent with the tribes’ cultural level. ‘Amerindian’ is the term that combines Columbus’s error with another Italian explorer’s name Amerigo Vespucci (This is a source for a name America), if we need any historical context. Though some social activists have a preference on ‘American Indian’, ‘Native American’ has become popular since the 1960s. Absence of a right representative name, descriptive references such as ‘indigenous peoples,’ or ‘native peoples’, through vague European influence has been avoided. Some argument has built over the tribes by the supporters on both sides whether to refer in the singular or plural ?????? Apache or Apaches ?????? demanding political correctness.

12. According to the passage, how was America named?

Question – 13

In the social ladder, the indentured servants and the slaves were at the bottom; the colonial elite of south were successful growers and those from the north were wealthy dealers. The signs of prosperity in the Chesapeake area were noticeable in brick and mortar. In the 17th century, the modest houses of even the most prosperous farmers had paved way to spacious mansions. In the18th century, townhouses in Charleston were often owned by the South Carolina Planters. To escape the heat in summer they would probably go to places like Newport. The southern upper class copied the English country squire both in their lifestyles, and social hunts (for example stallion hustling). Vast landholders were not restricted just to the southern settlements. The relatives of the Dutch benefactors and the men who appropriated grounds from the English regal governors regulated homes in the centre provinces. Their ranches were worked by sharecroppers, who accepted an allotment of the product for their work. In the northern urban areas, riches were progressively amassed in the hands of the traders; underneath them was the working class of gifted experts and business people. Experts studied their exchange as understudies and came to be apprentices when their term of apprenticeship (provided in seven years) was finished. Indeed, as compensation earner, an understudy regularly still existed with his previous expert and consumed at his table. Safeguarding enough cash to start a new business for him was the dream of each apprentice.

13. Who contained the middle class?

Question – 14

In the social ladder, the indentured servants and the slaves were at the bottom; the colonial elite of south were successful growers and those from the north were wealthy dealers. The signs of prosperity in the Chesapeake area were noticeable in brick and mortar. In the 17th century, the modest houses of even the most prosperous farmers had paved way to spacious mansions. In the18th century, townhouses in Charleston were often owned by the South Carolina Planters. To escape the heat in summer they would probably go to places like Newport. The southern upper class copied the English country squire both in their lifestyles, and social hunts (for example stallion hustling). Vast landholders were not restricted just to the southern settlements. The relatives of the Dutch benefactors and the men who appropriated grounds from the English regal governors regulated homes in the centre provinces. Their ranches were worked by sharecroppers, who accepted an allotment of the product for their work. In the northern urban areas, riches were progressively amassed in the hands of the traders; underneath them was the working class of gifted experts and business people. Experts studied their exchange as understudies and came to be apprentices when their term of apprenticeship (provided in seven years) was finished. Indeed, as compensation earner, an understudy regularly still existed with his previous expert and consumed at his table. Safeguarding enough cash to start a new business for him was the dream of each apprentice.

14. Who were the elite at the highest point of the social ladder in the Colonies?

Question – 15

In the social ladder, the indentured servants and the slaves were at the bottom; the colonial elite of south were successful growers and those from the north were wealthy dealers. The signs of prosperity in the Chesapeake area were noticeable in brick and mortar. In the 17th century, the modest houses of even the most prosperous farmers had paved way to spacious mansions. In the18th century, townhouses in Charleston were often owned by the South Carolina Planters. To escape the heat in summer they would probably go to places like Newport. The southern upper class copied the English country squire both in their lifestyles, and social hunts (for example stallion hustling). Vast landholders were not restricted just to the southern settlements. The relatives of the Dutch benefactors and the men who appropriated grounds from the English regal governors regulated homes in the centre provinces. Their ranches were worked by sharecroppers, who accepted an allotment of the product for their work. In the northern urban areas, riches were progressively amassed in the hands of the traders; underneath them was the working class of gifted experts and business people. Experts studied their exchange as understudies and came to be apprentices when their term of apprenticeship (provided in seven years) was finished. Indeed, as compensation earner, an understudy regularly still existed with his previous expert and consumed at his table. Safeguarding enough cash to start a new business for him was the dream of each apprentice.

15. Who were the sharecroppers?