Timelines - Test Review

BCE and ______ represent the same era of time on a timeline.

• BC

• CE

• AD

• DC

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

• BC

• DC

• BCE

• CE

How long is a decade?

• 1 year

• 10 years

• 100 years

• 1000 years

How long is a century?

• 1 year

• 10 years

• 100 years

• 1000 years

Means "arranged in the order that events happened."

• decade

• historian

• chronological

• circa

AD means (2 answers)

• In the year of the Lord

• Anno domini

• After Death

• After Christ

Which event on this timeline happened FIRST? 

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

B.C.E. stands for

• Before Christ
• Best Common Era
• Before Common Era
• Common Era

B.C. Stands for

• Before Common Era
• Before Christ
• Before Columbus Era
• Best Cousins

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