Book excerpt: Peterson's Master the GED: Mastering the Social Studies Test offers readers a complete look at the GED Social Studies Test. Readers will learn all about this test, including What's tested and what's not tested Formats used Subject areas Source materials Question types based on the four skill areas Questions based on visual depictions General test-taking strategies to score high Master the GED: Mastering the Social Studies Test is part of Master the GED 2011, which offers readers 3 full-length practice tests and in-depth subject review for each of the GED tests-Language Arts, Writing (Parts I and II); Language Arts, Reading; Social Studies (including Canadian history and government); Science; and Mathematics (Parts I and II)-as well as top test-taking tips to score high on the GED.