A timeline shows the order in which events have occurred.  This is called __________________ order.

• Anno Domini
• chronological
• title
• periods of time

Timelines are read from

• right to left
• left to right
• upside down
• not read

Select the two abbreviations that would be used to show an event BEFORE the year 1.

• BCE

• CE

• BC

• AD

Select the two abbreviations that would be used to show an event AFTER the year 1.

• BCE

• CE

• BC

• AD

Match the following

• 100 years

• Decade

• 365 days

• Year

• 1,000 years

• Millenia

• 10 years

• Century

What era of time do we live in?

• CE

• BCE

Ancient Times (BCE) always_______.

• count down

• count up

• count decades

• count centuries

Here is a list of dates. Put them in chronological order. (1 being the oldest event & 5 being the most recent)

• • 490 BCE

• 98 BCE

• • 2023 CE

• • 259 CE

According to the timeline, which of the following situations happened during the 1500s?

• Florida was settled by Dutch colonists.

• The French started colonies in Canada.

• Swedish settlers built large colonies.

• The Spanish began to colonize North America.

What happened a hundred years after the Spanish settled in Florida?

• The English began the colony of Roanoke in Virginia.

• The English began the colony of Jamestown in Virginia.

• The French settled in Quebec, Canda.

• The French settled in Montreal, Canada.