Timelines

BCE stands for ____.

• Before the Common Age

• Before the Common Era

• Beginning of Common Existence

• Beginning of the Correct Eras

CE stands for ___.

• Correct Eras

• The Continual Elements

• The Common Era

• Before the Common Era

Horizontal timelines are read from ____.

• Left (oldest) to right (newest).

• North (oldest) to south (newest).

• Right (oldest) to left (newest)

• North to south to east to west.

If two dates are in the same era (BCE/ BCE or CE/CE) you need to _____ to find the distance between the years.

• add

• subtract

• multiply

• divide

If two dates are in different eras (BCE/CE or BC/AD) you need to ____ to find the distance between the years.

• add

• subtract

• multiply

• divide

___ is the same as BCE.

• BC

• CE

• AD

• LMNOP

____ is the same as CE.

• BCE

• BC

• LMNOP

• AD

When you are determining how long ago something happened, you need to also use the year ___.

• 2022 BCE

• 2023 CE

• 200 CE

• 200000 BCE

Answer explanation

We are in the year 2023 CE. We are always in the common era. Therefore, whenever you are trying to figure out how long ago something happened, you need to use our year as one of the dates.

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

• The events on the timeline.
• The title.
• The spacing of the years.
• The number of events the author chooses to include. 

Which event on this timeline happened FIRST? 

• Last use of hieroglyphic writing
• Rosetta Stone is carved
• Settlers in Nile Valley
• Development of hieroglyphic writing

Answer explanation

When looking at a horizontal timeline, dates to the left are older than those on the right.

BCE (the larger the number the older the date).

CE (the smaller the number the older the date).