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Reading Time Lines

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Look at the timeline. Which structure is over 4,000 years old?

a)

The Great Wall in China

b)

The Great Pyramid in Egypt

c)

The Colosseum in Rome

2.

Look at the timeline. What happened in both 1775 and 1761?

a)

A war began.

b)

Astronauts went to the moon.

c)

George Washington became president.

3.

According to the passage, what is the purpose of a time line?

a)

to show when events happened

b)

to explain the purpose

c)

to draw a line

4.

What does BC stand for?

a)

Before Common Era

b)

Common Era

c)

Before Christ's birth

d)

Anno Domini- Meaning in the year of our Lord

5.

What does AD stand for?

a)

Before Common Era

b)

Common Era

c)

Before Christ

d)

Anno Domini- after Christ's birth

6.

What does CE stand for?

a)

Before Common Era

b)

Common Era

c)

Before Christ

d)

Anno Domini- Meaning in the year of our Lord

7.

What does BCE stand for?

a)

Before Common Era

b)

Common Era

c)

Before Christ

d)

Anno Domini- Meaning in the year of our Lord

8.

What comes first BC or AD

a)

BC

b)

AD

9.

What comes first BCE/BC or CE/AD?

a)

BCE/BC

b)

CE/AD

c)

HCES

10.

Which year is the earliest

a)

700 BC

b)

400 BC

c)

750 AD

d)

1000 AD

11.

Which year is the most recent

a)

5000 BCE/BC

b)

200 BCE/BC

c)

400 CE/AD

d)

1300 CE/AD

12.

How many years are in the Common Era (CE/AD)

a)

1000 years

b)

2021 years

c)

2022 years

d)

2050 years

13.
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
14.
Which group of dates are arranged in chronological order?
a)
100 AD, 200 AD, 300 BC, 150 BC
b)
2010 CE, 2013 CE, 2014 CE, 2017 CE
c)
450 BC, 200 BC, 100 AD, 98 AD
d)
1000BC, 300 BC, 400 BC, 10 AD
15.

One ______ from now will be 2031AD.

a)

decade

b)

century

c)

millenium

d)

none of the above

16.

The year 3000AD will be the start of a new __________

a)

decade

b)

century

c)

millenium

d)

none of the above

17.

Choose the year that is a century ago

a)

2011AD

b)

1921AD

c)

1921BC

d)

1021AD

18.

AD also goes by CE. The "C" stands for (a)   Era.

19.

All time is measured from the BIRTH of Christ?

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Social Studies is the BEST!!!!

a)

True

b)

False

21.
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
22.
In what year was Xbox 360 released?
a)
2004
b)
2005
c)
2006
23.

Chronological means

a)

in the order that events happened

b)

in order by color

c)

estimating a date

d)

the time before written records

24.
Ben Franklin moved to London between the years 1720 and 1730.
a)
True
b)
False
25.

Which year happened first?

a)

1225 A.D.

b)

417 A.D.