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Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does B.C. mean?

a)

Before Christmas

b)

Before Borceill

c)

Before Babies

d)

Before Christ

2.

What does A.D. mean?

a)

Anno Domini

b)

Anno Dominoes

c)

In year of the Lord

d)

After Death

3.

If I asked you to look at something B.C. on the timeline, what side would you look?

a)

Left

b)

Right

4.

If I asked you to look A.D. on the timeline, where would you look?

a)

Right

b)

Left

5.

What does C.E. mean?

a)

Common Era

b)

Common Earwax

c)

That you're a wizard and your going to Hogwarts

d)

Computer Egg

6.

What does B.C.E mean?

a)

Because Cats Eat

b)

Before Common Era

c)

That you're not a wizard and your not going to Hogwarts?

7.
Could an event from 1987 be placed on this timeline? 
a)
YES
b)
NO
8.
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
9.
What span of time is used on this timeline? 
a)
1850s
b)
1850-2000
c)
1865-1968
d)
1850-1950
10.
Which happened first, the building of the Pyramids or the development of hieroglyphic writing?
a)
Pyramids of Giza built
b)
Development of hieroglyphic writing