WorksheetsTimeline Review
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How many years are between 50 BC and 200 AD?
a)
150
b)
250
c)
450
2.
How many years are between 5000 BC and 2000 BC?
a)
7000
b)
250
c)
3000
3.
How many years in a millenium?
a)
100
b)
1000
c)
10
4.
How many years in a decade?
a)
100
b)
1000
c)
10
5.
How many years in a century?
a)
100
b)
1000
c)
10
6.
What is a list of events in the order they happened?
a)
column
b)
chronological order
c)
pie chart
d)
century
7.
__________ stands for "Before the Common Era".
a)
B.C.
b)
B.C.E.
c)
A.D.
d)
C.E.
8.
__________ means "Common Era".
a)
B.C.E
b)
B.C
c)
C.E.
d)
A.D.
9.
What does B.C. stand for?
a)
Before Common
b)
Before Christ
c)
Before Century
d)
Before Chart
10.
What does C.E. mean?
a)
Christ Era
b)
Common Era
c)
Crazy Exercise
d)
Christmas Excitement
11.
Which set of dates is in the correct chronological order?
a)
100 BC, 200 BC, 300 BC, 400 BC
b)
200 BC, 300 BC, 400 BC, 100 BC
c)
400 BC, 300 BC, 200 BC, 100 BC
d)
300 BC, 400 BC, 200 BC, 100 BC
12.
What does A.D. mean?
a)
After Death
b)
Anno Domini
c)
After Dinosaurs
d)
Anna Dominos
13.
What does B.C.E. mean?
a)
Before Christ Exercises
b)
Before Chronic Eons
c)
Before Common Era
d)
Back Comes Earth
14.
Which set of dates is in the correct chronological order? ( All dates are AD/CE)
a)
1900, 1800, 1700, 1600
b)
1600, 1800, 1700, 1900
c)
1700, 1800, 1900, 1600
d)
1600, 1700, 1800, 1900
15.
What is the purpose of a multi-tiered timeline?
a)
To make timelines fun
b)
To show events from different time periods
c)
To show different events happening at the same time
d)
To make it difficult to understand world events
16.
The system of labeling years with A.D. and B.C. is based upon the birth of what historical figure person?
a)
George Washington
b)
Julius Caesar
c)
Ben Franklin
d)
Jesus
17.
What is the term for the amount of time between two events on a timeline?
a)
Span
b)
Interval
c)
Chronological Order
d)
Circa
18.
B.C.E., C.E., BC and AD can all be used on the same timeline.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
The word chronology means...
a)
Arrangement of events in the order they occurred
b)
Drawing a timeline
c)
Events in history
d)
Arrangement of events in the order of importance.
20.
On a timeline, the transition from B.C.E. to C.E. is
a)
on the right side of the timeline
b)
on the left side of the timeline
c)
in the year one
d)
never on a timeline
21.
On a timeline, C.E. is represented
a)
on the right side of the timeline
b)
on the left side of the timeline
c)
in the year one
d)
C.E. is never on a timeline
22.
On a timeline, B.C.E. is represented
a)
on the right side of the timeline
b)
on the left side of the timeline
c)
in the year one
d)
B.C.E. is never on a timeline
23.
What does the Latin term for Anno Domini mean?
a)
Anno Domini
b)
After Death
c)
The year of our lord
d)
I don't know!
24.
B.C. Stands for
a)
Before Common Era
b)
Before Christ
c)
Before Columbus Era
d)
Best Cousins
25.
Which timeline is labeled correctly?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
26.
Which timeline is labeled correctly?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
27.
Which happened first, the building of the Pyramids or the development of hieroglyphic writing?
a)
Pyramids of Giza built
b)
Development of hieroglyphic writing
28.
Which event on this timeline happened FIRST?
a)
Last use of hieroglyphic writing
b)
Rosetta Stone is carved
c)
Settlers in Nile Valley
d)
Development of hieroglyphic writing
29.
How many years passed between the development of hieroglyphic writing and the carving of the Rosetta Stone?
a)
3,300 years
b)
3,200 years
c)
2800 years
d)
2,900 years
30.
How many years passed between the settlement of the Nile Valley and the building of the Pyramids of Giza?
a)
3,300 Years
b)
900 Years
c)
5,100 Years
d)
1,100 Years
31.
How many years passed between King Tut's rule of Egypt and the last use of hieroglyphic writing?
a)
1,600 Years
b)
1,100 Years
c)
1,700 Years
d)
4,700 Years
32.
How many years passed between the development of hieroglyphic writing and the last use of hieroglyphic writing in Egypt?
a)
3,300 Years
b)
6,100 Years
c)
2,800 Years
d)
3,400 Years
33.
Who ruled ancient Mesopotamia while Pharaoh Teti ruled Egypt?
a)
King Hammurabi
b)
King Sargon
c)
Pharaoh Thutmose
d)
Pharaoh Teti
34.
Did King Hammurabi rule ancient Mesopotamia BEFORE or AFTER Pharaoh Thutmose I ruled ancient Egypt?
a)
Before
b)
After
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