Free Printable World History Worksheets

Historical thinking is rooted in the ability to see connections throughout historical events and civilizations. Our World History worksheets take you from Africa to Asia to Europe, and analyzes major societies of the western hemisphere, as well.
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Ancient History Tests and Worksheets
From the beginnings of civilization to the classical period, these societies provide the basis for all aspects of modern life, and give students the opportunity to hone their historical thinking skills by providing a basis for comparison and connections throughout history.
- Early Man
- Prehistoric Art
- Anthropology
- History and Archaeology
- Stonehenge
- Denisovans
- Stone, Copper, Bronze, and Iron Ages
- Origins of Agriculture
- Agriculture and Domestication (matching test)
- Civilization
- Ancient Civilizations Map Activity
- Wonders of the World
- Geography of Ancient Civilizations
- Archaeological Dating Methods
- Polytheism through History
- The Fertile Crescent
- Mesopotamia
- Sumer
- Assyria
- Babylon
- Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Egypt #2
- Pyramids
- Egyptian Mummification
- Egyptian Gods
- Egyptian Gods II
- Female Pharaohs of Egypt
- Indus Valley Civilization
- Maurya Empire
- Ancient India
- Ancient China
- Ancient China #2
- Confucianism
- Legalism
- Great Wall of China
- Emperor Qin and the Terracotta Army
- Chinese Dynasties
- Three Kingdoms
- Olmec
- Göbekli Tepe
- The Scythians
- Parthian Empire
- Hittites
- The Phoenicians
- Petra
- Dead Sea Scrolls
- Achaemenid Empire
- Persia
- Tamerlane
- Crimea
- Minoans and Mycenaeans
- Persian War and Golden Age of Athens
- Ancient Greece
- Trojan War: Myths and Facts
- Greek City-States
- Peloponnesian War
- Thucydides
- Greek Dark Ages and Archaic Period
- Sparta
- Classical Athens
- The Acropolis of Athens
- Herodotus
- The Olympians
- Ancient Greek Art
- The Ancient Olympic Games
- Greek Philosophers
- Aristotle
- Ancient Greek Literature and Art
- Ancient Greek Literature
- Twelve Labors of Hercules
- Alexander the Great
- Wars of the Diadochi
- The Hellenistic World
- Seleucid Empire
- Ptolemaic Egypt
- Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
- Indo-Greek Kingdom
- The Etruscans
- Early Rome
- Roman Republic
- Spartacus
- Carthage
- Julius Caesar (MS)
- Julius Caesar (HS)
- Augustus
- Roman Empire
- Roman Emperors
- Nero
- The Colosseum
- The Pantheon
- Pompeii and Herculaneum
- Gaul
- The Celts
- Boudica
- Hadrian's Wall
- Fall of the Roman Empire
- Ancient Rome
- Ancient Rome Test
- The Huns
- Romance Languages
- The Roman Tetrarchy
- Constantine the Great
World History Tests and Worksheets
From the Golden Ages of African Civilizations and the Renaissance, to the destruction caused by war, World History shows the best and worst of humankind and prepares students to see multiple perspectives of the participants.
European History
- Byzantine Empire
- The Norse
- Norse Gods
- The Basques
- Charlemagne
- Matter of France
- The Magyars
- The Middle Ages in Europe
- King Arthur
- The Anglo-Saxons
- Feudalism and Chivalry
- Wales
- Scotland
- Ancient Celtic Festivals
- Medieval Period
- European Middle Ages
- The Crusades
- Knights Templar: Fact and Fiction
- History of the English Language
- William the Conqueror
- Magna Carta
- The Tower of London
- Westminster Abbey
- Gothic Architecture
- Notre-Dame
- Pre-Reformation Heretic Groups
- The Cathars
- Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy
- The Black Death
- Spread of the Black Death
- Hundred Years' War
- Joan of Arc
- Renaissance and Reformation
- Renaissance Art: Painters
- Renaissance Art: Sculptors and Architects
- Renaissance Literature
- Italian Renaissance
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Northern Renaissance
- Renaissance Quiz
- House of Borgia
- House of Sforza
- The Medici
- Renaissance Art
- Mannerist Art
- The Reconquista
- Dracula
- The Protestant Reformation
- Early Protestant Denominations
- The Inquisition
- The Tudors
- Henry VIII
- Queen Elizabeth I
- The Stuarts
- William Shakespeare
- Great Fire of London
- Gunpowder Plot
- English Civil War
- English Monarchy
- War of the Three Henrys
- Catherine de Medici
- Louis XIII
- Louis XIV
- Louis XV
- Versailles
- War of Austrian Succession
- Thirty Years' War
- Prussia
- Charles V
- Ivan the Terrible
- Catherine the Great
- Peter the Great
- The Kremlin and Red Square
- Age of Exploration
- Age of Exploration
- Exploration and Colonization
- Explorers
- Explorers: Dutch
- Explorers: England
- Explorers: France
- Explorers: Russia
- Explorers: Spain
- Spanish Colonies
- War of the Spanish Succession
- Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution
- Enlightenment Philosophers
- Scientific Revolution
- Louis XVI and Origins of the French Revolution
- French Revolution (HS)
- French Revolution (MS)
- French Revolution: Ideals and National Convention
- French Revolution: Legislative Assembly
- French Revolution: Napoleon
- French Revolution: National Convention
- French Revolution: Part I - The Estates General
- French Revolution: Reign of Terror
- French Revolution: The Estates General
- French Second Republic and Second Empire
- Seven Years' War
- Marquis de Lafayette
- Napoleon Bonaparte
- Bourbon Restoration
- Dreyfus Affair
- Imperialism
- European Imperialism in Asia
- African Imperialism
- Gibraltar
- Crimean War
- Florence Nightingale
- Queen Victoria
- The British Parliament
- Impressionism
- The Louvre
- Karl Marx
- Weimar Republic
- Unification of Germany
- Unification of Italy
- Austro-Hungarian Empire
- Marie Curie
- Sinking of the Lusitania
- World War I
- Treaty of Versailles
- Vatican City
- Ireland and Northern Ireland
- Communism
- Russian Revolution
- USSR
- Benito Mussolini (Long)
- World War II
- Anne Frank
- Holocaust Vocabulary
- I Never Saw Another Butterfly
- Vera May Atkins
- Berlin Wall
- Berlin Airlift
- NATO
- European Union
- 1968 French Student Riots
- Chernobyl Disaster
- Kosovo War
- Brexit
- Yellow Vest Movement
Other Regions
- Modern Olympic Games
- Silk Road
- Smallpox
- Canadian History
- Polar Explorers
- Sasanian Empire
- Golden Age of Islam
- Roots of the Middle East Conflict
- The Kurds
- North Africa and SW Asia
- Iranian Revolution
- Arab Spring
- Gaza Strip
- The Golan Heights
- Yemen Civil War
- Syrian Civil War
- Zapotec and Mixtec
- Nazca
- Classic Maya Collapse
- Toltec
- Aztec
- Teotihuacan
- Aztecs, Incas and Mayas
- Machu Picchu
- Fall of the Incas
- Latin America History Quiz
- Panama Canal
- Liberators
- Rafael Trujillo
- Cuban Revolution
- The Shining Path
- Chilean Military Junta
- Falklands War
- Octavio Paz
- Mexico
- 2019 Bolivian Protests
- Gupta Empire
- Mughal Empire
- Kashmir
- Partition of India
- Mahatma Gandhi
- West African Trading Empires
- Great Zimbabwe
- Kingdom of Aksum
- Kingdom of Nri
- Mali Empire
- Ghana Empire
- Songhai Empire
- Boer War
- Nelson Mandela
- Rwandan Genocide
- Darfur Genocide
- Tigray Conflict
- Chinese Inventions
- Explorers: Chinese
- Taiwan
- The Forbidden City
- Hong Kong
- Mao Zedong
- Tiananmen Square Protests
- Tibet
- Rohingya Crisis
- 2019 Hong Kong Protests
- Japan: Feudalism through WWII
- Samurai: Fact and Fiction
- Ninja: Fact and Fiction
- Meiji Restoration
- North Korea
- Korean War
- Khmer Empire
- Khmer Rouge
- History of Hawaii
- Easter Island
- Australia Quiz
- Australian History
- Australian Bushfires