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The bestselling guide, updated to reflect all changes to the GED through 2002

Each year, nearly a million North Americans take the GED high school equivalency exam. Formerly entitled Contemporary's GED, one of the most popular resources for those prepping for the test has been revised for all changes to the GED, through 2002. This latest edition of the bestselling guide arms readers with what they need to score high in all five test categories, including targeted assessments, easy-to-follow instructions, hundreds of reinforcement activities, and simulated GED tests for each subject area. Outstanding features that have made for the continuing popularity of this guide include:

• Half-length pretests for each subject area that help readers pinpoint strengths and weaknesses
• Two full-length practice tests for each subject area
• Special new sections on critical thinking skills, graphs, and illustrations
• New guidelines for using the Casio fx-260 solar calculator for the mathematics test
• A complete answer key explaining why each answer is correct
• Chapter-by-chapter surveys that reinforce knowledge of key concepts
• Test-taking tips and strategies

Acknowledgments xiii To the Student xvii

PRETESTS
Language Arts, Writing Pretest 3
Part I: Editing 3
Part II: The Essay 9
Answer Key and Evaluation Chart 10
Social Studies Pretest 13
Answer Key and Evaluation Chart 23
Science Pretest 27
Answer Key and Evaluation Chart 37
Language Arts, Reading Pretest 39
Answer Key and Evaluation Chart 48
Mathematics Pretest 51
Answer Key and Evaluation Chart 57

LANGUAGE ARTS, WRITING

CHAPTER 1
Basic English Usage What is standard English? Writing in Complete Sentences Parts of Speech What is a noun?
What is a verb?
Subject-Verb Agreement What is a pronoun?
Identifying Antecedents

CHAPTER 2
Sentence Structure Three Characteristics of a Sentence Run-ons and Comma Splices Sentence Combining Using Active and Passive Voice Sentence Structure and Types of Questions on the GED Test Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers Parallel Structure I Table of Contents

CHAPTER 3
Mechanics Capitalization Punctuation Spelling

CHAPTER 4
Organization Paragraph Composition Text Division Paragraph Unity Paragraph Coherence

CHAPTER 5
Preparing for the GED Essay The Writing Process Types of Writing The Written Product Example Essay What You Should Know about the GED Test Essay Making the Most of Your Time Sample Topics for Practice LanguagE! Arts, Writing Answer Key Critical Thinking Skills for the GED Knowledge—Forming, Attaining, or Recalling Concepts Comprehension-Understanding What You Read Application-
Applying What You Read Analysis-Examining What You Read Synthesis-Putting Elements Together to Form a New Whole Evaluation-•Judging What You Read Interpreting Graphs and Illustrations Interpreting Graphs Interpreting Maps Interpreting Tables Interpreting Editorial Cartoons Critical Thinking Skills for the GED Answer Key

SOCIAL STUDIES

CHAPTER 1
World History Early Humanity Early Civilization Chinese Dynasties The Middle Ages and the Feudal System The Renaissance The French Revolution and Napoleon Central America The Industrial Revolution The World Enters World War I The Russian Revolution and the Rise of Communism 320
World War II India is Divided Technology as a Future

CHAPTER 2
U.S. History A New Nation is Born The Original Thirteen Colonies The Beginnings of American Government Early Domestic and Foreign Policy Prelude to War The Civil War The Industrial Revolution Growth of Big Business and Urbanization The United States as a World Power World War I The Suffrage Movement From the Roaring Twenties to the Stock Market Crash The New Deal World War II The Korean Conflict The Eisenhower Years The Kennedy Administration The Vietnam War Detente and Watergate Ending the Twentieth Century

CHAPTER 3
Civics and Government Types of Political Systems The U.S. Federal Government System of Checks and Balances Amending the Constitution State and Local Governments The U.S. Political System Becoming a Citizen of the United States

CHAPTER 4
Economics Factors of Production I Economics and Government II Supply and Demand II Imports and Exports Ii Economic Growth Ii Money and Monetary Policy II Government and Fiscal Policy The American Consumer I: The Baby Boom Generation CHAPTER 5 Geography Mapping Latitude and Longitude Time Zones Topography Climate Population Distribution 440
Social Studies Answer Key 444
SCIENCE CHAPTER 1 Life Science: Biology-The Study of Living Things The Cell, the Basic Unit of Life Genetics and Heredity Organ Systems Growth, Energy, and Living Things Classification of Organisms