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Dating System

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

BC means...

a)

Before Christ

b)

After Christ

c)

Before the Common Era

2.

AD means

a)

After Death

b)

In the year of our Lord

c)

Among Dus

d)

Anno Domini

3.

CE means

a)

Central Eastern

b)

Common Era

4.

BCE means

a)

By Christians

b)

By Central Eastern

c)

Before the Common Era

5.

Another name for BC is

a)

CE

b)

AD

c)

BCE

6.

Another name for AD is

a)

CE

b)

BCE

7.

Which date is closest to today?

a)

300 BCE

b)

100 BCE

c)

100 CE

d)

200 CE

8.

Which date is the oldest?

a)

100 BCE

b)

200 BCE

c)

200 CE

d)

100 CE

9.

Which date is the oldest?

a)

CE 45

b)

CE 2019

c)

2 BCE

d)

2,000 BCE

10.

Which date is closest to today?

a)

12 BC

b)

AD 187

c)

AD 345

d)

8,000 BC

11.

AD COUNTS THE TIME FROM JESUS BIRTH NOT HIS DEATH

a)

True

b)

False

12.

IS THERE A YEAR O?

a)

NO

b)

YES

13.

Why was the dating system changed?

a)

Nobody knows

b)

Europe wanted it that way

c)

to eliminate the religious nature of it

d)

to keep up with times