Understanding Timelines and Historical Dates

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.

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

How do we read a horizontal timeline?

• From right to left

• From top to bottom

• From left to right

• From bottom to top

In a timeline, what does BCE stand for?

• Before Christian Era

• Before Current Era

• Before Christ Era

• Before Common Era

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

What does AD stand for?

• After Dinosaurs

• After Death

• Anno Domini

• Anno Deity

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

How many years passed between 100 BCE and 100 CE?

• 300 years

• 200 years

• 400 years

• 100 years

What is the correct way to calculate the number of years between dates in different eras?

• Divide the numbers

• Subtract the numbers

• Multiply the numbers

• Add the numbers

What is a multiple-tiered timeline?

• A timeline with multiple layers focusing on different topics

• A timeline with multiple layers focusing on the same topic

• A timeline with multiple layers focusing on different time periods

• A timeline with multiple layers focusing on different regions

Which two events occurred in the same year according to the example of a multiple-tiered timeline?

• The release of the first iPhone and the election of Barack Obama

• The release of the first iPhone and the swearing-in of Barack Obama

• The release of the first iPhone and the start of the Common Era

• The release of the first iPhone and the end of the Roman Empire