Timelines

"Anno Domini" is Latin for what?

• After Dinner

• After Death

• In the Year of our Lord

• In the Year Jesus Died

On a timeline, A.D. is on the right side.

• True

• False

B.C. stands for

• Before Cheese

• Before Christ

• Before JCool

• Before Christmas

On a timeline A.D. is represented

• on the left side of the timeline

• A.D. is never on a timeline

• In the year zero

• on the right side of the timeline

A timeline shows the order of events in which they occurred. This is called...

• chronological

• periods of time

• era

• calendar

How many years are between 50 B.C. and 200 B.C.?

• 150 years

• 1500 years

• 700 years

• 50 years

What is the century if the year is 1347 A.D.?

• 13th century

• 14th century

• 1st century

• 7th century

Which group of dates is shown in chronological order?

• 1000 B.C., 300 B.C., 400 B.C. 10 A.D.

• 400 B.C. 300 B.C., 1000 B.C., 10 A.D.

• 300 B.C., 400 B.C., 1000 B.C., 10 A.D.

• 1000 B.C., 400 B.C., 300 B.C., 10 A.D.

How many years between 500 B.C. and 2000 A.D.?

• 2,500 years

• 250 years

• 7,000 years

• 5,000 years

When historians don't know the exact year, they use the term ___ which means "around or about".

• circle

• circa

• anno

• era