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Timeline Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
B.C. Stands for
a)
Before Common Era
b)
Before Christ
c)
Before Columbus Era
d)
Best Cousins
2.
B.C.E. stands for
a)
Common Era
b)
Best Common Era
c)
Before Common Era
d)
Before Christ
3.
A.D. means
a)
Anno Domini
b)
Add Dictator
c)
After Columbus
d)
Animal Dominoa
4.
What is a Circa?
a)
10 years
b)
When the exact date is not known
c)
100 years
d)
Everything
5.
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! 
6.
how long is a decade?
a)
20 years ago 
b)
10 years 
c)
18 billion years ago 
d)
10 million years ago
7.
C.E stands for...
a)
Before common Era 
b)
Common Era
c)
Christ Evolution 
d)
Coming Entrance 
8.
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 zero
d)
B.C.E. is never on a timeline
9.
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 zero
d)
C.E. is never on a timeline
10.
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 zero
d)
never on a timeline
11.
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.
12.
B.C.E., C.E., BC and AD can all be used on the same timeline.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Which timeline is labeled correctly?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
14.
Choose the timeline that correctly labels the following events.
1500 B.C.E. Hinduism is founded in India 
2085 B.C.E.   Judaism is founded by Abraham

30 C.E.  Christianity is founded by followers of Christ 
610 C.E.  Islam is founded by followers of the Prophet Mohammed
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
15.
Which happened first, the building of the Pyramids or the development of hieroglyphic writing?
a)
Pyramids of Giza built
b)
Development of hieroglyphic writing
16.
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
17.
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
18.
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
19.
Did King Hammurabi rule ancient Mesopotamia BEFORE or AFTER Pharaoh Thutmose I ruled ancient Egypt? 
a)
Before
b)
After
20.
Who ruled ancient Mesopotamia while Pharaoh Teti ruled Egypt? 
a)
King Hammurabi
b)
King Sargon
c)
Pharaoh Thutmose
d)
Pharaoh Teti