GED Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. A state agency revokes a person’s professional license without notice or an opportunity to respond. Which constitutional principle is most relevant to challenging the action?
The prohibition of religious tests for federal office
The guarantee of due process of law
The protection against quartering soldiers
The requirement that revenue bills begin in the House
2. The president vetoes a bill passed by Congress. Which action is an example of Congress checking presidential power?
Congress overrides the veto with the required two-thirds votes
The Senate appoints a new president
The House asks the Supreme Court to rewrite the bill
Congress transfers veto power to state governors
3. During the late nineteenth century, factories expanded rapidly in many U.S. cities. Which population change was most directly connected to that expansion?
A broad movement from cities to isolated farms
A permanent end to immigration
A decline in transportation between regions
Urban growth as workers moved toward industrial jobs
4. A student is researching the experiences of factory workers during the Industrial Revolution. Which item is a primary source?
A modern textbook chapter about industrial labor
A documentary produced a century later
A diary written by a factory worker at the time
A recent encyclopedia entry on manufacturing
5. Which freedom is protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
Protection from self-incrimination
Protection from unreasonable searches
The right to a speedy criminal trial
Freedom of speech
6. Which constitutional amendment established national citizenship for people born or naturalized in the United States and required states to provide equal protection of the laws?
The Tenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment
7. A state sets rules for issuing driver’s licenses, while the national government regulates trade between states. Which constitutional principle does this illustrate?
Federalism
Direct democracy
Judicial supremacy
Separation of church and state
8. A city ordinance allows political signs supporting current officials but bans signs criticizing them. Which constitutional concern is most directly raised?
The city is violating the ban on quartering soldiers
The city is imposing an income tax without representation
The government is restricting speech based on viewpoint
The government is regulating interstate commerce
9. Which federal response was most directly associated with the Great Depression of the 1930s?
The New Deal
The Homestead Act
The Marshall Plan
The Interstate Highway System
10. A drought sharply reduces the wheat harvest while demand for wheat remains unchanged. What is the most likely short-term effect?
The supply of wheat falls, and its price tends to rise
The demand for wheat falls to zero
The price remains fixed because demand did not change
The supply of wheat rises, and its price falls
11. Two newspaper accounts give conflicting descriptions of the same protest. What is the best next step for evaluating their reliability?
Accept the account that uses more emotional language
Compare both accounts with additional independent evidence from the event
Assume the longer account must be more accurate
Reject both because sources can never be compared
12. A county has 50,000 residents living across 1,000 square miles. What is its population density?
5 residents per square mile
500 residents per square mile
50 residents per square mile
5,000 residents per square mile
13. A family leaves a region because repeated crop failures have made farming unreliable. In migration analysis, the crop failures are best described as what?
A cultural diffusion pattern
A population-density measure
A pull factor
A push factor
14. If no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, which body chooses the president under the U.S. Constitution?
The Supreme Court
The Cabinet
The Senate
The House of Representatives
15. Which principle divides the federal government into legislative, executive, and judicial branches?
Popular sovereignty
Separation of powers
Federalism
Judicial review
16. Jordan can spend Saturday working for $80 or attending a free community festival. Jordan chooses the festival. What is the opportunity cost of that choice?
The amount the festival organizers spent
The $80 Jordan could have earned
The admission price of the festival
Any money Jordan earned earlier in the week