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Timelines

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A __________ shows the order in which events have occurred.

a)

timeline

b)

chronos

c)

title

d)

Anno Domini

2.

A timeline shows the order in which events have occurred. This is called __________________ order.

a)

Anno Domini

b)

chronological

c)

title

d)

periods of time

3.

A __________ is a period of 10 years.

a)

century

b)

year

c)

decade

d)

era

4.

A _________ is a period of 100 years.

a)

decade

b)

century

c)

era

d)

chronological order

5.

Timelines are read from ________.

a)

right to left

b)

left to right

c)

upside down

d)

not read

6.
Which set of dates is in the correct chronological order?
a)
1900, 1800, 1700, 1600
b)
1600, 1800, 1700, 1900
c)
1700, 1800, 1900, 1600
d)
1600, 1700, 1800, 1900
7.

What part of a timeline informs the reader what the timeline is about?

a)

the events on the timeline

b)

the title

c)

the spacing of the years

d)

the number of events on the timeline

8.

What was released in 2006?

a)

Office 2003

b)

BluRay Players

c)

Xbox 360

9.

B.C.E. stands for_______.

a)

Before Christ

b)

Best Common Era

c)

Before Common Era

d)

Common Era

10.

BC is an abbreviation for ____.

a)

Before Christ

b)

Before Christmas

c)

Before Church

d)

Before Centuries

11.

What time period best describes this photograph?

a)

B.C.

b)

C.E.

c)

B.C.E.

12.

What era of time do we live in?

a)

CE

b)

BCE

13.

Ancient Times (BCE) always_______.

a)

count down

b)

count up

c)

count decades

d)

count centuries

14.

What is another name for 1600 C.E.?

a)

1800 C.E.

b)

600 B.C.

c)

1600 B.C.E

d)

1600 A.D.

15.

Which year happened first?

a)

2018 A.D.

b)

2018 B.C.

16.

Which year happened first?

a)

1800 B.C.

b)

765 B.C.E.

17.

Which year happened most recently?

a)

2005 C.E.

b)

2005 B.C.E.