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Timeline Practice

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What span of time is used on this timeline? 
a)
1850s
b)
1850-2000
c)
1865-1968
d)
1850-1950
2.
What interval is being used?
a)
25 years
b)
150 years
c)
50 years
d)
no interval used
3.
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
4.

Which set of dates is in the correct chronological order? (THESE ARE ALL BCE/ BC dates!)

a)

1900, 1800, 1700, 1600 BCE

b)

1600, 1800, 1700, 1900 BCE

c)

1700, 1800, 1900, 1600 BCE

d)

1600, 1700, 1800, 1900 BCE

5.
Timelines should include 
a)
predictions about the future
b)
unimportant events
c)
important events
6.
What did the person on this timeline do at 7:15am?
a)
Wake Up
b)
Catch the Bus
c)
Brush Teeth
7.
What was released in 2006?
a)
Office 2003
b)
BluRay Players
c)
Xbox 360
8.

In what year was the Xbox 360 released?

a)

2004

b)

2005

c)

2006

9.
Ben Franklin moved to London between the years 1720 and 1730.
a)
True
b)
False
10.

What is wrong with the following timeline?

a)

The events are not about the United States.

b)

The events are not in chronological (time) order.

c)

The intervals are not evenly spaced.

d)

The events should have been placed on a line graph.

11.
Did King Hammurabi rule ancient Mesopotamia BEFORE or AFTER Pharaoh Thutmose I ruled ancient Egypt? 
a)
Before
b)
After
12.
Who ruled ancient Mesopotamia while Pharaoh Teti ruled Egypt? 
a)
King Hammurabi
b)
King Sargon
c)
Pharaoh Thutmose
d)
Pharaoh Teti
13.
Which happened first, the building of the Pyramids or the development of hieroglyphic writing?
a)
Pyramids of Giza built
b)
Development of hieroglyphic writing
14.
How many events are on this timeline?
a)
2
b)
6
c)
3
15.
In what year did Nintendo release Game Boy?
a)
1996
b)
1989
c)
1978