ILTS HISTORY COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ the adoption of the potato as a staple crop in Europe to illustrate how
human activity can influence: Answer: rates of population growth
⩥ What is an environmental impact of expanding agricultural
production? Answer: Deforestation
⩥ What issue contributed most to international conflict in North Africa
and Southwest Asia during the 20th Century? Answer: The presence of
petroleum and resulting competition over access to this resource.
⩥ What stage of child development involves the formation of identity
and the ability to solve abstract problems? Answer: Early Adolescence
⩥ What social institution plays a significant role in transmitting
elements of culture from one society to another, and across generations
within societies? Answer: Religious organizations
⩥ What is Jean Piaget's model of child development? Answer: that
children move through four different stages of mental development. His
, theory focuses not only on understanding how children acquire
knowledge, but also on understanding the nature of intelligence.
⩥ What is a direct result of the production of an agricultural surplus in
early civilizations? Answer: Specialization of labor and increased
economic complexity.
⩥ How would you describe the era in which Confucianism originated? It
was a period of what? Answer: Frequent warfare and the breakdown of
traditional hierarchies
⩥ How was Islam introduced into sub-Saharan West Africa in the 10th
Century? Answer: Through diffusion along trans=Saharan gold and salt
trading routes.
⩥ What was the increase in 19th Century Eastern European nationalism
associated with? Answer: anti-semitic rhetoric and violence against Jews
⩥ What is a similarity between the Russian and Chinese Revolutions?
Answer: Both were influence by the devastating impact of war on their
respective countries.
⩥ Existentialism is a response to what? Answer: The destruction
wrought by scientific technology in the world wars.
GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ the adoption of the potato as a staple crop in Europe to illustrate how
human activity can influence: Answer: rates of population growth
⩥ What is an environmental impact of expanding agricultural
production? Answer: Deforestation
⩥ What issue contributed most to international conflict in North Africa
and Southwest Asia during the 20th Century? Answer: The presence of
petroleum and resulting competition over access to this resource.
⩥ What stage of child development involves the formation of identity
and the ability to solve abstract problems? Answer: Early Adolescence
⩥ What social institution plays a significant role in transmitting
elements of culture from one society to another, and across generations
within societies? Answer: Religious organizations
⩥ What is Jean Piaget's model of child development? Answer: that
children move through four different stages of mental development. His
, theory focuses not only on understanding how children acquire
knowledge, but also on understanding the nature of intelligence.
⩥ What is a direct result of the production of an agricultural surplus in
early civilizations? Answer: Specialization of labor and increased
economic complexity.
⩥ How would you describe the era in which Confucianism originated? It
was a period of what? Answer: Frequent warfare and the breakdown of
traditional hierarchies
⩥ How was Islam introduced into sub-Saharan West Africa in the 10th
Century? Answer: Through diffusion along trans=Saharan gold and salt
trading routes.
⩥ What was the increase in 19th Century Eastern European nationalism
associated with? Answer: anti-semitic rhetoric and violence against Jews
⩥ What is a similarity between the Russian and Chinese Revolutions?
Answer: Both were influence by the devastating impact of war on their
respective countries.
⩥ Existentialism is a response to what? Answer: The destruction
wrought by scientific technology in the world wars.
