Test Prep GED Section 1: Social Studies Exam Questions
Section One : Social Studies (Page 2 )

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Independent Greek city-states existed between 1750 B.C. and 133 B.C.Two of the most powerful were Athens and Sparta.
Based on the diagram, how did life in the city-state of Sparta differ from life in Athens?

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To which serious global consequence did this incident in 1962 threaten to lead?

After World War II, in 1947, the United States proposed a plan to help European nations.U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall describes below why this plan was necessary.
"Europe's requirements for the next three or four years of foreign food and other essential products. . . are so much greater than her present ability to pay that she must have additional help or face economic, social, and political deterioration . . . the United States should do whatever it is able to do to assist in the return of normal economic health in the world, without which there can be no political stability and no assured peace.Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos.Its purpose should be the revival of a working economy in the world so as to permit the emergence of a political and social condition in which free institutions can exist."
Excerpted from "European Recovery Program: Remarks by the Secretary of State at Harvard University, June 5, 1947, " U.S. Department of State, Office of Public Affairs, In Quest of Peace and Security, Washington Government Printing Office, 1951.
Why did Secretary of State Marshall propose the above plan in 1947?

Based on the viewpoint, which statement about family life is supported?

Budget deficits force U.S. and Canadian leaders to make hard choices.In each country, a large portion of the budget pays interest on the national debt.With remaining tax dollars, national lawmakers must decide how much money to spend on programs such as defense, health care, education, transportation, and environmental cleanup. Each of those programs has its own strong supporters.
Based on the information above, if legislators wished to get re-elected, which of the following should they do?