Timelines

On a timeline, time moves:

• up and down, above and below the line.

• Just like when you read a sentence. Time moves left to right, past to future.

• It doesn't move. It stands still.

• fast

A timeline can be used like a number line.

• True

• False

BC stands for:

• Before Chronology

• Below Constantinople

• Before Christ

• It is an abbreviation for the Latin phrase benitas certa, which means 'ancient.'

AD means:

• 'Anno Domini,' a Latin phrase meaning 'In the Year of Our lord.'

• After Death

• Aladdin Drake

• 'All is a Dream.'

The division between BC and AD is based on what?

• The makers of the Gregorian calendar chose a year at random.

• The Gregorian calendar begins when its makers calculated Jesus was born.

• The Gregorian calendar begins when its makers calculated Jesus died.

• No one knows.

On the Gregorian calendar, what year comes right after 1BC?

• The year zero.

• The year AD1

• The year 1953

• an elephant

On a timeline, the time between two events is called:

• a millenium

• the date

• an interval

• a century

A period of one hundred years is called:

• a millenium

• a decade

• a century

• an elephant

A period of one thousand years is called:

• a millennium

• a century

• a polar bear

• a decade

A period of ten years is called:

• a salamander

• a century

• a millennium

• a decade