Telling Time in History Quiz

History is divided into periods of...

• time.

• ages.

• places.

• locations.

There are _______ years in a decade.

• 10

• 100

• 1,000

• 10,000

There are _______ years in a century.

• 10

• 100

• 1,000

• 10,000

There are _______ years in a millennium.

• 10

• 100

• 1,000

• 10,000

An epoch is an unusually short period of time that begins with a specific event.

• True

• False

AD stands for...

• Anno Domini

• After Death

• Annual Date

• All Day

BCE stands for...

• Before Common Era

• Before Christ Existed

• Because Clocks Ended

• Big Chicken Eggs

The first century began on ____ and lasted until ____.

• 0 100

• 1 100

• 1 101

• 0 99

Dates labeled BC and BCE are the same.

• True

• False

AD and CE count time down from 1.

• True

• False