McGraw-Hill's GED

The Most Complete and Reliable Study Program for the GED Tests
Rev ed
ISBN: 978-0-07-138179-6
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe

Buch, Englisch, 1184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 214 mm x 275 mm, Gewicht: 2186 g

Reihe: Vox Dictionary Series

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Mcgraw-Hill, N/A

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 1Basic 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 2Sentence 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 3Mechanics Capitalization Punctuation Spelling
CHAPTER 4OrganizationParagraph 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 2U.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 3Civics and Government Types of Political Systems The U.S. Federal GovernmentSystem 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
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