Understanding Timelines and Historical Dates

Understanding Timelines and Historical Dates

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Interactive Video

History, Education, Social Studies

5th - 8th Grade

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Created by

Aiden Montgomery

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The video provides a refresher on reading timelines, covering the conventions of BCE, CE, BC, and AD. It explains how to arrange events chronologically, highlights common mistakes, and clarifies historical abbreviations. The video also teaches how to calculate time between different eras and introduces multiple-tiered timelines with examples.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the primary purpose of a timeline?

To show historical events in random order

To show historical events in chronological order

To show historical events in reverse order

To show historical events in alphabetical order

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do we read a horizontal timeline?

From right to left

From top to bottom

From left to right

From bottom to top

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In a timeline, what does BCE stand for?

Before Christian Era

Before Current Era

Before Christ Era

Before Common Era

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a correct way to arrange dates in a timeline?

From BCE to CE

From BC to AD

From AD to BC

From CE to BCE

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does AD stand for?

After Dinosaurs

After Death

Anno Domini

Anno Deity

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is BCE/CE preferred over BC/AD in modern times?

It is shorter

It is easier to understand

It is more politically correct

It is more accurate

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many years passed between 100 BCE and 100 CE?

300 years

200 years

400 years

100 years

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