Exploration and its consequences timeline: write the dates: timeline worksheet for Grade 7, page 1 preview

Timeline worksheet · History, Civics & Social Studies

Exploration and its consequences timeline: write the dates · Grade 7

Write the date of each of 7 events about exploration and its consequences on a timeline using a date bank. Practices chronology and reading a scaled timeline.

Grade 7 · ages 12 to 13
Medium
15 to 20 minutes
1 page
Free

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The events

Directions: Write the date of each event on its line. Use the dates in the box.

Dates
oldest newest
Zheng He's first treasure fleet sails from China into the Indian
Ocean.
Bartolomeu Dias sails around the southern tip of Africa.
The Treaty of Tordesillas divides newly claimed lands between
Spain and Portugal.
Magellan's expedition sets out; its survivors return to Spain in
Tenochtitlan falls to Spanish forces and their Indigenous allies.
Spanish forces under Pizarro take Cusco, the Inca capital.
English colonists found Jamestown in Virginia.

What your child practices

Your child practices chronology and reading a scaled timeline. The skill is “Change, continuity and causation”: describe how and why things changed over time and compare perspectives.

Grades and ages: Grade 7, ages 12 to 13
Time: About 15 to 20 minutes
Subject: History, Civics & Social Studies
Level: Medium for Grade 7
Answer key: Yes, for grown-ups who sign in
Printing: 1 page, US Letter or A4, low-ink option
Updated: October 15, 2026

How to use it

Try the first question together so the format is clear. Then let your child work through the rest, showing their thinking on the page. It is pitched at the expected level for Grade 7, for practice after the skill has been taught.

An answer key comes with it as a separate page that grown-ups download after signing in.

Tip for grown-ups: Find the oldest and newest events first, then fill in the middle.

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