Collection · 24 puzzles

World History Word Searches

Twenty-four puzzles for world history, in rough order of time: the World History list itself, Ancient Civilizations, Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient India and Ancient China, Ancient Greece with Greek Mythology and the wider Mythology of Egypt and the North, Ancient Rome and the Byzantine Empire, the Middle Ages, the Maya Aztec and Inca, the Renaissance, the Age of Exploration and the Scientific Revolution, the French Revolution and Imperialism, the Titanic, World War 1, World War 2 and the Holocaust.

The Great Pyramid of Giza was built around 2560 BC and stayed the tallest structure people had made for nearly four thousand years, until the spire of Lincoln Cathedral passed it in the early 1300s. Cleopatra lived closer in time to the moon landing than to the building of the pyramid.

Printable World History Word Searches

World History Word Search Puzzles

Every puzzle prints in three levels: easy hides 5 words in a 10 by 10 grid, reading only across and down; medium hides 15 in a 12 by 12 grid; hard hides up to 23 in a 15 by 15 grid. Each print is a fresh draw from the topic's word list, and every sheet comes with an answer key. The same puzzles play online, on your own or against a friend in real time.