BC/AD/Timeline Quiz Review

How do you feel about your understanding of AD/BC time and chronology?

• I fully understand all components of timelines and chronology

• I understand most components of timelines and chronology

• I understand half of the components of timelines and chronology

• I do not understand timelines and chronology.

B.C.E. stands for

• Before Common Era

• Before Christ Era

• Basic Common Era

• Before Current Era

how long is a decade?

• 5 years

• 10 years

• 15 years

• 20 years

On a timeline, C.E. is represented

• on the left side of the timeline

• in the middle of the timeline

• on the right side of the timeline

• at the beginning of the timeline

Which group of dates are arranged in chronological order? 100 AD, 200 AD, 300 BC, 150 BC; 201 BCE, 2000 BCE, 204 CE, 2017 CE; 450 BC, 200 BC, 100 AD, 980 AD; 1000BC, 3000 BC, 400 BC, 10 AD

• 100 AD, 200 AD, 300 BC, 150 BC

• 201 BCE, 2000 BCE, 204 CE, 2017 CE

• 450 BC, 200 BC, 100 AD, 980 AD

• 1000BC, 3000 BC, 400 BC, 10 AD

Which of the following dates is the OLDEST?
AD 220, AD 110, 2019 CE, 1500 CE

• AD 220

• AD 110

• 2019 CE

• 1500 CE

A word used to show that historians don't know the exact; it means "about"

• circa

• approximately

• around

• nearly

Which year is most recent: 5000 BCE, 400 CE, 200 BCE, 1300 CE?

• 5000 BCE

• 400 CE

• 200 BCE

• 1300 CE

C.E stands for...

• Common Era

• Current Era

• Christian Era

• Cultural Era

BCE represents the same era of time as

• AD

• CE

• BC

• AE