NGSA Social Studies study guide
NGSA Social Studies · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The NGSA Social Studies paper is the social studies component of Guyana's National Grade Six Assessment, the national examination taken by primary pupils at the end of Grade Six. It is used to place learners into secondary schools, so the result matters to families across the country. The NGSA Social Studies study guide has 8 sections and about 3,082 words.
01Guyana: Geography and Physical Environment
Guyana lies between about 1° and 9° north latitude and 57° and 62° west longitude, on the north-eastern shoulder of South America. The Atlantic Ocean is to the north, Venezuela to the west, Brazil to the south and south-west, and Suriname to the east.
419 words, about 2 min02Guyana: History and Heritage
This domain follows Guyana from its first Indigenous societies through Dutch and British rule, slavery and indentureship, to independence in 1966 and republican status in 1970. Questions ask for dates, causes, consequences and the heritage that survives today.
397 words, about 2 min03Guyana: Government, Constitution and Citizenship
The Constitution is the supreme law of Guyana, and this domain tests how power is organised under it, how laws are made, what rights citizens hold, and how someone becomes a citizen. The present constitution is the republican constitution of 1980, amended in 1996 and 2001.
401 words, about 2 min04Guyana: Economy, Agriculture and Natural Resources
Guyana has a small, open, mixed economy built on agriculture, mining, forestry and, since 2019, offshore oil. This domain tests how the sectors fit together, where the main crops and minerals come from, and why production is fragile.
385 words, about 2 min05Caribbean and Wider World: Regional Geography
This domain places Guyana inside the Caribbean region and the wider world. It tests the physical pattern of the islands and mainland states, their economies, and the organisations that link them.
371 words, about 2 min06World History and Civilisations
World History and Civilisations asks you to place major societies in time and space, explain how ideas and inventions spread, and trace the changes that produced the modern world, including the forces that shaped the Caribbean. Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates, Egypt on the Nile, the Indus cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro, and China on the Yellow River.
375 words, about 2 min07Map, Graph and Source Interpretation Skills
This domain tests the practical skills used across the whole paper: reading maps, scales, graphs and written or visual sources, and drawing careful conclusions from them. Marks are lost when candidates guess instead of using the evidence given.
365 words, about 2 min08Culture, Society and Social Institutions
This domain examines how people live together: the family and other institutions that socialise the young, the meaning of culture, and the social issues and controls that hold a society together. Examples should come from Guyanese life.
369 words, about 2 min