Quiz about Timelines

Question 1

What part of a timeline informs the reader what the timeline is about?

Accepted Answer

The title.

Answer

The events on the timeline.

Answer

The spacing of the years.

Answer

The number of events the author chooses to include.

Question 2

A __________ shows the order in which events have occurred.

Accepted Answer

timeline

Answer

chronos

Answer

title

Answer

Anno Domini

Question 3

What span of time is used on this timeline?

Accepted Answer

1850-2000

Answer

1850s

Answer

1865-1968

Answer

1850-1950

Question 4

What interval is being used?

Accepted Answer

50 years

Answer

25 years

Answer

150 years

Answer

no interval used

Question 5

Which event on this timeline happened FIRST?

Accepted Answer

Settlers in Nile Valley

Answer

Last use of hieroglyphic writing

Answer

Rosetta Stone is carved

Answer

Development of hieroglyphic writing

Question 6

Timelines are read from

Accepted Answer

left to right

Answer

right to left

Answer

upside down

Answer

not read

Question 7

Timelines must be in _____________ order

Accepted Answer

chronological

Answer

newest to oldest

Answer

guess

Answer

no

Question 8

B.C.E. stands for

Accepted Answer

Before Common Era

Answer

Before Christ

Answer

Best Common Era

Answer

Common Era

Question 9

B.C. Stands for

Accepted Answer

Before Christ

Answer

Before Common Era

Answer

Before Columbus Era

Answer

Best Cousins

Question 10

Which group of dates are arranged in chronological order?

Accepted Answer

1000 BC, 450 BC, 2013 CE, 2014 CE

Answer

100 AD, 200 AD, 300 BC, 150 BC

Answer

450 BC, 200 BC, 100 AD, 98 AD

Answer

1000BC, 300 BC, 400 BC, 10 AD

Question 11

A __________ shows the order in which events have occurred.

Accepted Answer

timeline

Answer

chronos

Answer

title

Answer

Anno Domini

Question 12

Which timeline is labeled correctly?

Accepted Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

C

Question 13

Choose the timeline that correctly labels the following events.
^{1500 B.C.E. Hinduism is founded in India}^{2085 B.C.E. Judaism is founded by Abraham}^{30 C.E. Christianity is founded by followers of Christ}^{610 C.E. Islam is founded by followers of the Prophet Mohammed}

Accepted Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

C

Question 14

Did King Hammurabi rule ancient Mesopotamia BEFORE or AFTER Pharaoh Thutmose I ruled ancient Egypt?

Accepted Answer

Before

Answer

After

Question 15

What is the purpose of a double tier timeline?

Accepted Answer

To examine common circumstances of two events and how they may be related.

Answer

To make a timeline difficult to read.

Answer

To compare how to space events on a timeline.

Answer

To make the timeline more interesting.

Timelines

15 questions

What part of a timeline informs the reader what the timeline is about?

A __________ shows the order in which events have occurred.

What span of time is used on this timeline?

What interval is being used?

Which event on this timeline happened FIRST?

Timelines are read from

Timelines must be in _____________ order

B.C.E. stands for

B.C. Stands for

Which group of dates are arranged in chronological order?

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