Telling Time Review

B.C.

• Before Common Era

• Before Cultural Era

• Before Current Era

• Before Christ Area

Prehistoric

• Before written events

• A period 1,000 years ago

• Before Christ

• Before fire was discovered

Age

• Important events placed in order on a timeline

• A period of 100 years

• A length of time defined by a single event or advancement

• A period of 1,000 years

Circa

• Common Era

• Around or about a date

• A length of time defined by a single event or advancement

• A period of 10 years

C.E.

• Common Era

• Christ Era

• Cultural Era

• Current Era

How are years counted in C.E.?

• They get larger the further to the right you go

• They get larger the further to the left you go

How are years counted in B.C.E.?

• They get larger the further to the right you go

• They get larger the further to the left you go

Century

• A period of 100 years

• A period of 1,000 years

• A period of 10 years

• Around or about a date

The "1700s" would be referred to as a...

• Century

• Decade

• Millennium

• Circa

Decade

• A period of 1,000 years

• A period of 100 years

• A period of 10 years

• "In the year of our lord"