Free Printable Timeline of World Events

1.

Greek Dark Age

a)

1300 BC

b)

900 AD

c)

1100 BC

d)

2000 BC

2.

Socrates

a)

470/399 BC

b)

800/750 BC

c)

500/450 BC

d)

480/400 BC

3.

Pericles and the Golden Age of Athens

a)

300/320

b)

520/480 BC

c)

396/476

d)

480/404 B.C

4.

Alexander the Great's Empire

a)

356/323 B.C.

b)

346/545 BC

c)

437/400 BC

d)

547/500 BC

5.

Julius Caesar

a)

90/36 BC

b)

100/44 B.C

c)

88/34 BC

d)

76/23 BC

6.

Birth of the Roman Empire

a)

35 BC/300 AD

b)

26 B.C./400 A.D.

c)

27 B.C/285 A.D

d)

27 B.C./300 A.D.

7.

Council of Nicaea

a)

330 A.D.

b)

375 A.D.

c)

324 A.D.

d)

325 A.D

8.

Fall of the Western Roman Empire

a)

476 A.D.

b)

450 A.D.

c)

500 A.D.

d)

467 A.D.

9.

Confucius

a)

551 B.C./479 A.D.

b)

556 B.C./480 A.D.

c)

339 B.C./367 A.D.

d)

551 A.D./479 B.C.

10.

The Han Dynasty in China

a)

206 A.D./220 B.C.

b)

209 B.C./330 A.D.

c)

206 B.C./220 A.D.

d)

206 B.C./225 A.D.

11.

Buddha and the founding of Buddhism

a)

4th Century B.C.

b)

5th Century B.C.

c)

6th Century B.C.

d)

6th Century A.D.

12.

Spread of Buddhism to China

a)

3 Century A.D.

b)

5 Century A.D.

c)

1/2 Century A.D

d)

4 Century A.D.

13.

Muhammad and Islam

a)

543 A.D./624 A.D.

b)

600 A.D./700 A.D.

c)

571 A.D./632 A.D.

d)

432 A.D./571 A.D.

14.

Golden Age of Islam

a)

7th Century-14th Century A.D.

b)

8th Century-14th Century A.D.

c)

6th Century-12th Century A.D.

d)

8th Century-15th Century A.D.

15.

The Byzantine Empire

a)

500/1453 A.D.

b)

230/1500 A.D.

c)

330/1453 A.D.

d)

571/1267 A.D.

16.

The Ottoman Empire

a)

15th Century/21st Century

b)

13th Century/19th Century

c)

14th Century/20th Century

d)

12th Century/20th Century

17.

Temujin

a)

1167/1230 A.D.

b)

1162/1227 A.D.

c)

1300/1400 A.D.

d)

1130/1224 A.D.

18.

The Mongol Empire

a)

1200/1300 A.D.

b)

800/1000 A.D.

c)

1206/1368 A.D.

d)

1200/1400 A.D.

19.

Feudalism in Japan

a)

12th Century/19th Century

b)

14th Century/18th Century

c)

13th Century/20th Century

d)

12th Century/21st Century

20.

Feudalism in Europe

a)

9th Century/12th Century

b)

11th Century/16th Century

c)

10th Century/16th Century

d)

10th Century/15th Century

21.

Charlemagne

a)

736/815 A.D.

b)

742/814 A.D.

c)

332/514 A.D.

d)

750/432 A.D.

22.

When was the East/West Schism of the Christian Church?

a)

937 A.D.

b)

1094 A.D.

c)

1052 B.C.

d)

1054 A.D.

23.

Magna Carta

a)

1215 A.D.

b)

1216 A.D.

c)

1347 A.D.

d)

1217 A.D.

24.

When was the First Crusade?

a)

967-971 A.D.

b)

1231-1234 A.D.

c)

1185-1187 A.D.

d)

1196-1199 A.D.

25.

Henry 2 of England

a)

1160/1190 A.D.

b)

1157/1190 A.D.

c)

1154/1189 A.D.

d)

1154/1190 A.D.

26.

Philip IV of France

a)

1285/1314 A.D.

b)

1287/1315 A.D.

c)

1256/1315 A.D.

d)

1285/1315 A.D.

27.

When was Phillip II of France

a)

1123-1156 A.D.

b)

1397-1467 A.D.

c)

1180-1223 A.D.

d)

1034-1082 A.D.

28.

Hundred Years War

a)

1400/1500 A.D.

b)

1337/1457 A.D.

c)

1336/1438 A.D.

d)

1337/1453 A.D.

29.

when was Saint Thomas Aquinas?

a)

1225-1274 A.D.

b)

1234-1287 A.D.

c)

1435-1487 A.D.

d)

1223-1267 B.C.

30.

Mayan Empire

a)

2600/1800 B.C.

b)

2700/1900 B.C.

c)

2632/1765 B.C.

d)

2000/1332 B.C.

31.

Aztec Empire

a)

1427/1530 A.D.

b)

1430/1521 A.D.

c)

1521/1430 B.C.

d)

1457/1521 A.D.

32.

when was the Inca Empire?

a)

1341-1607 A.D.

b)

1300's-1572 A.D.

c)

1321-1563 A.D.

d)

1350's-1600's A.D.

33.

The Renaissance

a)

1300/1700 A.D.

b)

1200/1500 A.D.

c)

1200/1600 A.D.

d)

1300/1600 A.D.

34.

Protestant Reformation

a)

1423 - 1700

b)

1515 - 1650

c)

1520 - 1643

d)

1517 – 1648

35.

When was The Northern Renaissance?

a)

1400's-1500's A.D.

b)

1300-1604 A.D.

c)

1497-1500's A.D.

d)

1500's-1600's A.D.

36.

Mughal Empire

a)

1700

b)

1476

c)

1526

d)

1452

37.

When was the Jesuit Order Created?

a)

1532 A.D.

b)

1501 A.D.

c)

1498 A.D.

d)

1534 A.D.

38.

Prince Henry the Navigator

a)

1394/1460 A.D.

b)

1392/1456 A.D.

c)

1445/1475 A.D.

d)

1400/1460 A.D.

39.

Bartolomeu Diaz

a)

1234/1345 A.D.

b)

1475/1525 A.D.

c)

1457/

d)

1450/1500 A.D.

40.

Magellan

a)

1286/1346 AD

b)

1437/1523 AD

c)

1567/1645 AD

d)

1480/1521 AD

41.

Hernando Cortez

a)

1500/1564

b)

1485/1547

c)

1493/1550

d)

1475/1537

42.

Francisco Pizzaro

a)

1476/1541

b)

1437/1500

c)

1475/1540

d)

1453/1587

43.

Jamestown

a)

1603

b)

1620

c)

1600

d)

1607

44.

End of Slave trade for England, France, Portugal

a)

1863

b)

1807

c)

1819

d)

1812

45.

Introduction of the Potato to Europe

a)

1576

b)

1600

c)

1589

d)

1543

46.

Louis XIV

a)

1673/1523

b)

1675/1765

c)

1638/1715

d)

1678/1743

47.

Peter the Great

a)

1672/1725

b)

1678/1737

c)

1675/1730

d)

1645/1728

48.

Catherine the Great

a)

1700/1795

b)

1789/1865

c)

1693/1746

d)

1729/1796

49.

English Petition of Rights

a)

1635

b)

1645

c)

1672

d)

1628

50.

Copernicus

a)

1476/1550

b)

1473/1543

c)

1445/1576

d)

1478/1580

51.

Galileo

a)

1564/1642

b)

1570/1653

c)

1547/1600

d)

1576/1643

52.

Sir Thomas More

a)

1478/1543

b)

1480/1550

c)

1478/1535

d)

1487/1555

53.

Thomas Hobbes

a)

1588/1679

b)

1578/1646

c)

1590/1670

d)

1589/1680

54.

French Philosophers

a)

1770s

b)

1750s

c)

1760s

d)

1740s

55.

American Revolution

a)

1767/1776

b)

1776/1785

c)

1765/1783

d)

1768/1789

56.

French Revolution

a)

1790/1800

b)

1789/1799

c)

1783/1798

d)

1747/1801

57.

Napoleonic Wars

a)

1803/1815

b)

1803/1816

c)

1807/1828

d)

1805/1820

58.

7 Years War

a)

1760/1767

b)

1776/1783

c)

1756/1763

d)

1783/1790

59.

Unification of Germany

a)

1876

b)

1812

c)

1884

d)

1871

60.

Unification of Italy

a)

1815/1871

b)

1820/1879

c)

1834/1900

d)

1867/1898

61.

Agricultural Revolution

a)

19th Century

b)

18th Century

c)

17th Century

d)

16th Century

62.

Watts Steam Engine

a)

1734

b)

1776

c)

1737

d)

1736

63.

George Stephenson's Rocket Train

a)

1823

b)

1890

c)

1829

d)

1824

64.

Communist Manifesto

a)

1847

b)

1850

c)

1846

d)

1843

65.

Wealth of Nations

a)

1777

b)

1776

c)

1775

d)

1774

66.

The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money

a)

1940

b)

1936

c)

1934

d)

1935

67.

Election of FDR

a)

1943

b)

1932

c)

1933

d)

1922

68.

Stock Market Crash to Start the Great Depression

a)

1939

b)

1930

c)

1929

d)

1919

69.

ww1

a)

1914/1918

b)

1939/1945

c)

1913/1917

d)

1912/1920

70.

Crimean War

a)

1876/1879

b)

1850/1853

c)

1898/1901

d)

1853/1856

71.

Berlin Conference of 1884

a)

1843

b)

1884

c)

1890

d)

1874

72.

Sepoy Mutiny

a)

1860/1861

b)

1856/1857

c)

1857/1858

d)

1854/1855

73.

Opium Wars

a)

1839/1860

b)

1860/1900

c)

1876/1893

d)

1840/1861

74.

Suez Canal

a)

1868

b)

1870

c)

1869

d)

1878

75.

Printing Press

a)

1476

b)

1440

c)

1456

d)

1437

76.

Adolf Hitler and Germany

a)

1934

b)

1933

c)

1945

d)

1922

77.

Benito Mussolini and Fascist Italy

a)

1934/1945

b)

1922/1943

c)

1924/1945

d)

1923/1944

78.

Franco Francisco and Fascist Spain

a)

1943/1990

b)

1939/1975

c)

1923/1934

d)

1939/1976

79.

ww2

a)

1940/1945

b)

1939/1945

c)

1943/1946

d)

1939/1948

80.

Russian Revolution

a)

1920

b)

1916

c)

1918

d)

1917

81.

Stalin

a)

1876/1955

b)

1873/1953

c)

1875/1957

d)

1877/1960

82.

Great Purge

a)

1924/1926

b)

1930/1932

c)

1936/1938

d)

1940/1942

83.

Gandhi

a)

1870/1949

b)

1876/1953

c)

1869/1948

d)

1869/1955

84.

The Marshall Plan

a)

1948

b)

1949

c)

1947

d)

1946

85.

Vietnam War

a)

1957/1976

b)

1954/1963

c)

1955/1975

d)

1965/1973

86.

Korean War

a)

1949/1952

b)

1950/1953

c)

1951/1954

d)

1956/1959

87.

Sputnik 1

a)

1955

b)

1956

c)

1957

d)

1958

88.

Moon Landing

a)

1970

b)

1969

c)

1956

d)

1973

89.

Nixon's Trip to China

a)

1973

b)

1976

c)

1972

d)

1971

90.

Atomic Bomb

a)

1945

b)

1961

c)

1954

d)

1946

91.

Cuban Missile Crisis

a)

1964

b)

1962

c)

1963

d)

1961

92.

Berlin Blockade/Airdrop

a)

1950/1951

b)

1947/1948

c)

1948/1949

d)

1956/1957

93.

Fall of Berlin Wall

a)

1991

b)

1987

c)

1989

d)

1992

94.

Fall of Soviet Union

a)

1991

b)

1992

c)

1993

d)

1990

95.

Independence for India

a)

1954

b)

1863

c)

1857

d)

1955

96.

Iran-Iraq War

a)

1973/1980

b)

1967/1975

c)

1984/1991

d)

1980/1988

97.

Soviet Union-Afghan War

a)

1967/1987

b)

1979/1989

c)

1865/1875

d)

1839/1842

98.

US Afghan War

a)

2003-Present

b)

2001-Present

c)

2004-Present

d)

2000-Present

99.

US Iraq War

a)

2001

b)

2002

c)

2003

d)

2004

100.

9/11

a)

2002

b)

2001

c)

2012

d)

2000

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