Grade 9 Social Studies Worksheets

240 practice questions, 160 drills, 64 printable sheets across 8 chapters. Free, no account, and every answer explained.

What is here

240 practice questions, 160 drills, 64 printable sheets, drawn from Global History & Geography I: Early Societies to c. 1750. You do not need the course to use them — each sheet stands on its own — but the lesson behind every one is free to read if a topic needs explaining first.

Every topic

Historical Inquiry & Early Societies

Global History: Evidence, Maps & Historical TimePractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
Early Humans: Migration, Foraging & AdaptationPractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
Agriculture, Domestication & Uneven ChangePractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
Mesopotamia: Cities, Writing & Unequal LawPractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
Ancient Egypt: Nile Agriculture, Power & Daily LifePractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print

Chapter quiz · Problem set · Print the whole chapter

Ancient Cities, States & Citizenship

Indus Cities: Planning, Trade & Unanswered QuestionsPractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
Early China: Shang, Zhou, Qin & HanPractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
Greek Poleis: Citizenship, Exclusion & ExchangePractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
Rome: Republic, Empire & Unequal CitizenshipPractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
South Asia: Mauryan Rule, Ashoka & Gupta NetworksPractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print

Chapter quiz · Problem set · Print the whole chapter

Belief Systems, Communities & Imperial Rule

Studying Belief Systems Without StereotypesPractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
Hindu, Buddhist & Jain Traditions in South AsiaPractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
Judaism & Christianity: Communities, Texts & EmpirePractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
Islam: Origins, Caliphates & Varied CommunitiesPractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
Comparing Empires: Resources, Law & Legitimate RulePractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print

Chapter quiz · Problem set · Print the whole chapter

Medieval Societies Across Regions

Byzantium: Roman Continuity, Christianity & ExchangePractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
Medieval Europe: Land, Towns, Churches & PowerPractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
West Africa: Ghana, Mali, Songhai & Regional NetworksPractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
East & Southern Africa: Cities, States & Local AgencyPractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
Tang, Song, Korea & Japan: Institutions and AdaptationPractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print

Chapter quiz · Problem set · Print the whole chapter

Trade Networks, Empires & Disruption

Silk Roads: Intermediaries, Ideas & InstitutionsPractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
Indian Ocean: Monsoons, Ports & Maritime CommunitiesPractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
Mongol Empires: Conquest, Administration & ConnectionsPractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
The Black Death: Evidence, Responses & Uneven EffectsPractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
Korea & Southeast Asia: States, Water & Cultural ChoicePractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print

Chapter quiz · Problem set · Print the whole chapter

Americas, European Reforms & Atlantic Encounters

Indigenous Americas: Maya, Mexica, Andes & Wider SocietiesPractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
Renaissance: Humanism, Patronage & Continuing TraditionsPractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
Reformations: Doctrine, Institutions & Political ConflictPractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
Atlantic Voyages & the Columbian ExchangePractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
Conquest, Colonial Labor & Indigenous ContinuityPractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print

Chapter quiz · Problem set · Print the whole chapter

Early Modern States & Changing Authority

Early Modern States: Comparing Power Around 1500–1750Practice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
Ottoman & Safavid Worlds: Rule, Religion & RivalryPractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
Mughal South Asia: Revenue, Patronage & Changing PolicyPractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
Ming & Qing China: Governance, Maritime Links & ChangePractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
European & Russian State Building: Claims and ConstraintsPractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print

Chapter quiz · Problem set · Print the whole chapter

Knowledge, Labor & the World Around 1750

Scientific Change: Observation, Models & Global KnowledgePractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
Enlightenment Debates: Rights, Power & ExclusionsPractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
Atlantic Slavery: Institutions, Resistance & EvidencePractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
The World Around 1750: Silver, Production & Unequal ConnectionsPractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print
Global History Capstone: An Evidence-Based ComparisonPractice (6) · Drills (4) · Print

Chapter quiz · Problem set · Print the whole chapter

How to use these

Every sheet here is free, needs no account, and prints from your browser. There are three kinds, and they do different jobs.

  • Practice — the main set for a topic, worked at a desk or printed. Answers and explanations are on the page, folded away until you ask for them.
  • Drills — short retrieval questions meant to be repeated days apart rather than finished once. Spacing them out is the point.
  • Print — the whole lesson, teaching text and all, laid out for paper. Use it when the screen is the problem.

Quizzes and problem sets sit at the end of each chapter and pull from every topic in it, which makes them a fair check of whether something has stuck rather than whether it was just read.