GED Social Studies Test #6

Question 1

The head of the Executive Branch is?

Accepted Answer

President of the United States

Answer

Military

Answer

Supreme Court

Answer

Congress

Question 2

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects residents in the United States from:

Accepted Answer

Discrimination

Answer

Double jeopardy

Answer

Self-incrimination

Answer

Identify theft

Question 3

The foundation of a market economy is _______.

Accepted Answer

supply and demand

Answer

the Gross Domestic Product

Answer

microeconomics

Answer

all of the above

Question 4

A mountain range in eastern North America. Which part of the country is it?

Accepted Answer

Appalachian Mountains

Answer

Rocky Mountains

Answer

It's not clear

Answer

Pacific West

Question 5

What determines the number of members of the House of Representatives per state?

Accepted Answer

population

Answer

the amount of taxes collected

Answer

Supreme Court ruling

Answer

the number of Senators

Question 6

What is the United States' lowest point?

Accepted Answer

Death Valley

Answer

It depends

Answer

San Andres Fault

Answer

Mississippi River

Question 7

When the President rejects a bill offered by Congress, what do you name it?

Accepted Answer

veto

Answer

unconstitutional law

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amendment

Answer

pardon

Question 8

A single-supplier industry is referred to as a?

Accepted Answer

monopoly

Answer

cartel

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pure competition

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oligopoly

Question 9

The data from the census is utilized to determine _________.

Accepted Answer

school districts and how to distribute federal funds for education and transportation

Answer

It depends

Answer

how many senators a state elects

Answer

It's not clear

Question 10

The United States Constitution's Eighth Amendment secures __________ .

Accepted Answer

American citizens from cruel and unusual punishment.

Answer

American citizens from forced quartering of soldiers.

Answer

the right to carry guns.

Answer

the right to a speedy trial by jury.