Have you ever read USA Today? USA Today is a newspaper filled with lots of graphics or visuals and articles that synthesize the news. The GED Social Studies Test also uses lots of visuals or graphics, such as:

	maps
	graphs
	diagrams
	charts and tables
	editorial cartoons and photographs

In fact, some of the graphics are in color, just like USA Today.

But the GED Social Studies Test has more than just graphics. The Social Studies Test is 70 minutes long and is composed of 50 multiple-choice questions. The questions cover:

	U.S. History
	World History
	Government and Civics
	Economics
	Geography

In the GED Social Studies Test, candidates must show that they can understand and apply social studies information and concepts in national and global contexts. Besides subject area questions, there will be questions based on practical documents, such as consumer or voting information, and on key historic documents, such as the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, the Federalist Papers, and landmark Supreme Court cases.

Interested in more information on the Social Studies Test?
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Want to visit some interesting social studies sites? For more information on social studies, go to:

Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index! http://www.cagle.com/

A Road Map to the U. S. Constitution
http://library.thinkquest.org/11572/

Historical Collections for the Natinal Digital Library
http://memory.loc.gov/

University of Pennsylvania Museum http://www.museum.upenn.edu/