Timeline Practice

CE stands for Common Era

• True

• False

BCE (Before Common Era) means the same thing as BC (Before Christ)

• True

• False

The Great Pyramids were built in 2,600 BCE. How many years have passed between 2,600 BCE and today?

• 2,600 years ago

• 580 years ago

• 4,620 years ago

• 3800 years ago

The Colosseum in Rome was built in 80 CE. How many years ago was it built?

• 1540

• 20

• 3220

• 1940

The Latin phrase 'Anno Domini' stands for...

• Alternate Dimension

• Year of our Lord

• After Death

If Julius Caesar was born in 100 BCE and died 56 years later, what year did he die?

• 44 CE

• 44 BCE

• 156 BCE

• 102 CE

The word chronology means...

• Events in history

• The arrangement of events in the order they occurred

• Drawing a timeline

A timeline is ....

• a list of events.

• a chart of events.

• a graph of events in the order they happened.

• a yearbook.

What information would NOT appear on a timeline?

• Family members' birth years

• Important events in American history

• Family members' favorite colors

• Dates showing the colonization of America

Abraham Lincoln died in 1865. He died at the age of 56. What year was he born?

• 1921

• 1776

• 1809

• 1845