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Question of the Day: GED Social Studies
The following question refers to the information contained in this passage.
Communism is an economic system where the government controls property and the means of production. Its primary intention is to promote economic equality and normalize the standard of living. In theory, a perfect communist system would result in no man having more or less than his neighbor and would involve everyone doing an equal amount of work for an equal incentive—the good of the collective whole. Yet, every time pure communism has been attempted on a large scale in human history it has resulted in widespread famine and poverty. Why might this be? Well, the simplest answer is human nature. The positive aspects—our competitive nature, our desire to better ourselves and our families lives—and the negative—our inability to work hard without incentive, our desire to manipulate one another—all combine to favor an economic system that is based on competition and individually-motivated reward.
The author of this passage is primarily arguing _______________.
against the complete rejection of Communism
that Communism fails because it goes against basic human nature
that Communism fails because it always results in widespread famine and poverty
against the idea that Communism can be enforced on a smaller scale
for a nation-building experiment in Communism on a smaller scale
The GED Social Studies Question of the Day is a great way to review the social studies topics, or to brush up on your social studies knowledge, prior to taking the GED. The Question of the Day is a daily test practice, which encompasses only one social studies question each day. The question can either be emailed to you or can accessed through the application or the website. It is a great way you can work in daily test review, even if you have a full schedule, as it can be done anywhere and at any time, as long as you have an Internet connection. This makes test review possible while getting your oil changed or eating lunch.
The GED Social Studies Question of the Day is based on a wide variety of frequently asked questions that you may see on the exam on test day on the social studies portion. The questions may cover anything from United States History to geography to economics. The questions are a random selection, so you will be able to cover all the areas, and keep them fresh in your mind. It also makes studying for the GED fun.
After you answer the Question of the Day each day, you get a detailed and personalized report on your performance as a whole for all questions answered. This report details the number of correct and incorrect questions you have answered, how others who have answered the questions have done, and the amount of time it took you to answer each question. The results are shown as a graph, which is great to be able to picture where you are with your studying and where you need to improve. There is also an explanation of how to answer the question, so you will know if your reasoning for your answer was correct.
This detailed reports will also help you to determine what areas are your strengths and what areas are your weaknesses. This will help you to streamline your test review so you can focus more on the areas that you need to, rather than on all the possible content, which makes test review more manageable and methodical. So if your weak areas are constitutional law, monetary policy, or world geography, you can work more in-depth on those areas specifically. However, the Question of the Day still keeps the other areas you are stronger in fresh in your mind for the exam day.
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