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GED Social Studies
The GED social studies test: civics, US history, economics and geography through documents and data
Courselo drafts the full syllabus, lessons and practice from the verified GED Soc Studies format in a few minutes.
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At a glance
- Set by
- GED Testing Service
- Level
- High school equivalency (adult learners, age 16+/18+ by state)
- Region
- United States
- Programme
- GED Test
The format, as published
- Computer-based, 70 min with no break (includes 2 min instructions).
- Topics: reading for meaning, analyzing historical events and arguments, and using numbers and graphs in social studies.
- An on-screen calculator and a calculator reference sheet are available.
- Question types: multiple choice, drag-and-drop, fill-in-the-blank, select-an-area, drop-down.
- Scored 100–200 (145 pass).
Summarised from official sources. Always confirm dates and rules with the exam board.Official information(opens in a new tab)