Timelines!

A.D. stands for ____________

• Anno Domini

• After Death

• After Dogs

• After Ducks

How do historians count the years when moving from BC to the year AD 1 on a timeline?

• Going from large numbers to smaller numbers

• Skipping every other year to confuse school children

• Going from smaller numbers to larger numbers

Which of these dates is the OLDEST?

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AD and _____ represent the same era of time on a timeline.

• BC

• DC

• BCE

• CE

What event marked year 1 AD by historians?

• the birth of Christ

• the first year of human existence

• the birth of Muhammad

• the first civilization was created

Which 2 time designations mark the time before the birth of Christ?

• BC and BCE

• AD and CE

• DC and CE

• AD and BC

Which of these dates is the OLDEST?

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The time before written history is called:

• prehistory

• circa

• timeline

• chronological

Which group of dates are arranged in chronological order?

• 100 AD, 200 AD, 300 BC, 150 BC
• 1000 BC, 450 BC, 2013 CE, 2014 CE
• 450 BC, 200 BC, 100 AD, 98 AD
• 1000BC, 300 BC, 400 BC, 10 AD

Did King Hammurabi rule ancient Mesopotamia BEFORE or AFTER Pharaoh Thutmose I ruled ancient Egypt? 

• Before
• After