Free Printable World History Worksheets for Middle & High School


These free World History worksheets and activities are designed to help your students make sense of the most important civilizations, revolutions, and global events from ancient to modern times. The printable PDF resources include primary source readings, graphic organizers, map activities, timelines, and standards-based questions aligned with Common Core, TEKS, California History-Social Science, and Regents frameworks.

They fit right in with our complete World History curriculum that includes hundreds of resources like these plus answer keys, Google Docs, projects, lesson plans, PowerPoints, and more. They're perfect for middle school up through 10th grade World History. Whether you're covering Ancient Egypt, the Roman Empire, the Renaissance, or the Cold War, these classroom-tested materials will save you time while keeping students engaged.

Resources for Each Unit in Your Curriculum

A worksheet on Prehistory for World History classrooms.
Prehistory
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A worksheet on cuneiform writing for a Mesopotamia unit in World History.
Mesopotamia
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A worksheet for Ancient Egypt in World History classrooms.
Ancient Egypt
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A World History worksheet about oracle bones in Ancient China.
Ancient China
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A timeline worksheet on Ancient Greece.
Ancient Greece
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A worksheet about gladiators in Ancient Rome.
Ancient Rome
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A reading worksheet about the Kaaba in Islam.S History.
Islamic Empires
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A World History worksheet about the Gupta Empire in India.
Classical Asia
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A World History worksheet about feudalism and serfs in the Middle Ages.
The Middle Ages
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A worksheet about the Mali Empire in West Africa.
African Empires
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A World History worksheet about the Aztec Empire in Mexico.
Aztec, Inca & Maya
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A World History worksheet on Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance..
The Renaissance
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A World History worksheet about Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation.
The Reformation
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A map worksheet on routes taken by explorers during the Age of Exploration.
Age of Exploration
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A World History worksheet about absolute monarchs.
Absolute Monarchs
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A World History middle school worksheet on the Enlightenment and social contract.
Enlightenment
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A map worksheet about Nationalism and Revolutions in World History.
Age of Revolutions
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A worksheet on the French Revolution for World History classrooms.
French Revolution
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A map worksheet on Simon Bolivar and revolutions in Latin America
Nationalism
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A timline of the industrial revolution worksheet for World History.
Industrial Revolution
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A World History worksheet on imperialism in China.
Imperialism
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A worksheet about the Christmas Truce during World War 1.
World War 1
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A worksheet on Lenin and the Russian Revolution for World History teachers.
Russian Revolution
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A US History worksheet on World War 2 alliances.
World War 2
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A US History worksheet on the Marshall Plan and the Cold War.
The Cold War
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A map worksheet about globalization.
Modern World
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A worksheet on world religions and vocabulary for World History students.
World Religions
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A World History crossword puzzle review worksheet.
World Review
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Why Thousands of Teachers Trust Our World History Activities...

Our World History activities and worksheets are aligned with key national and state standards—including the Common Core, TEKS, California’s HSS Framework, Virginia's Standards of Learning, and the NY Regents. You can feel confident using them no matter where your classroom is.

These printable PDF activities combine reading comprehension, map skills, visuals, and critical thinking tasks to help students build deep understanding of global history. From ancient civilizations to the modern era, these worksheets work as bell-ringers, homework, sub plans, or core lesson materials.

These can be paired with the readings in our free online World History textbook to ensure your students have the background knowledge they need to analyze events, understand key concepts, and make meaningful connections in World History.

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