Global History 10
Chronology: important events/developments
in modern world history.
Name _______________________________
I. Review
Identify the following:
B.C. : _______________________________________
A.D. (A.D. does not mean after death): ___________________________________________________
B.C.E.: _________________________________________________
C.E.: ___________________________________________________
II. Identify the Time Period
Choices: Classical, Medieval, Ancient
Approximately 3500 B.C. – 1000 B.C. : _____________________________________
Approximately 500 B.C. – 500 A.D: __________________________________________
Approximately 500 – 1450: __________________________________________________
III. Identify the Century
509 B.C.E: ____________________ (importance? ______________________________________________ )
27 B.C.E.: _____________________ (importance?_____________________________________________ )
313 C.E.: ______________________ (importance? ______________________________________________)
476 C.E.: ______________________ (importance? _____________________________________________ )
1095: _________________________ (importance? ______________________________________________ )
1522: _________________________ (importance?_______________________________________________ )
1848: _________________________ (importance? _______________________________________________)
1939: _________________________ (importance? _____________________________________________ )
IV. Timeline Part 1
A) You will each be assigned a topic from the list of events/developments provided.
For your assigned topic:
- Establish a date
- Write down two important facts about the event/development in the spaces
provided (use complete sentences please)
Topic:______________________________________________
Date: ________________________________________________
Fact 1:
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________ .
Fact 2:
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________ .
BE PREPARED TO SHARE THE INFORMATION YOU FOUND ON YOUR ASSIGNED
EVENT/DEVELOPMENT WHEN WE ADDRESS THE EVENTS IN CLASS.
EVENTS/DEVELOPMENTS IN “MODERN” WORLD HISTORY:
1) The voyages of Zheng He
2) The voyages of Christopher Columbus
3) Cortez conquers the Aztecs
4) Suleiman’s siege of Vienna
5) Defeat of the Spanish Armada
6) Galileo on trial for heresy
7) English Civil War
8) Reign of Louis XIV in France
9) Qing dynasty est. in China
10) Reign of Peter the Great in Russia
11) Battle of Plassey
12) Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s – The Social Contract
13) James Watt – work with the steam engine
14) French Revolution
15) Haitian Independence
16) Congress of Vienna
17) Communist Manifesto
18) Meiji Restoration - Japan
19) German Unification
20) Berlin Conference
21) WW I
22) Russian Revolution
23) WW II
24) India’s Independence
25) Creation of modern Israel
26) Communist take-over of China
27) Berlin Wall constructed
28) Pol Pot: Khmer Rouge
29) Unification of West and East Germany
30) September 11th attacks
V. Timeline Part 2
- Working by yourself, with a partner, or in a group of 3, place the events from the
list on a timeline. Provide dates for each event on your timeline.
- The size of the paper is determined by who you are working with. Copy if you are
by yourself, medium size for a partnership, etc.…
- Provide a title – Modern World History
- Include at least 5 relevant pictures or illustrations with your timeline.