History Quiz

To date events the birth of Christ, or B.C., historians count from A.D. 1. There is no year. The year before A.D. 1 is 1 B.C. A.D. is written the date. B.C. is written the date. Therefore, a date in the 100 years before the birth of Christ lies between 100 B.C. and A.D. 1. To date events after the birth of Christ or A.D., historians count, starting at A.D. 1. A date in the first 100 years after the birth of Christ is between A.D. 1 and A.D. 100.

Historians divide history into blocks of time known as or. A period of 10 years is called a. A period of 100 years is called a. Centuries are grouped into even longer time periods, which are given names. The first of these long periods is called. Prehistory refers to the time people developed, about 5,500 years ago. This is followed by the period known as, ending c. A.D. 500. The c. stands for which means about. Historians call the next thousand years the or the period. From c. 1500, begins and continues to the present day.

Which came first: the American Civil War or World War II? Did the train come before or after the invention of the airplane? In studying the past, historians focus on, or the order of dates in which events happened. You might be wondering how to make sense of the flow or dates and events. An easy way is to make a. A timeline is a diagram that shows the of events within a period of time. Most timelines are divided into sections in which the years are spaced. In some cases, however, a spread of time may be too to show all the years in even spaces. To save space, a period of time may be from the timeline. When this happens, a or line appears on a timeline to show a break in the even spacing of events. A timeline also labels. Each event on the timeline appears beside the date when the event took place. Sometimes events and their dates are shown on time line. In other cases, two or more timelines are stacked on top of each other. These are called timelines. They help you to compare events in different places at certain periods of time.

The order of events, from the first to the last, is called?

• Causation

• Chronology

• Cause and effect

• Interpretation

Which is a method of highlighting important historical dates, terms, figures, and events in a chronological fashion?

• Historical interpretation

• Chronology

• Historical timeline

• Historical causation

A particular period of time classified because of commonalities is called?

• A historical timeline

• Historical causation

• A historical interpretation

• A historical era

The pattern of cause and effect in history is referred to as:

• Chronology

• Historical causation

• Timeline

• Interpretation