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Timelines and Calendars

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a period of 100 years

a)

decade

b)

timeline

c)

century

2.

What does BCE stand for?

a)

before common era

b)

before Christ ever

c)

before circa exists

3.

What does CE stand for?

a)

Christ Era

b)

Common Era

c)

Chronological Era

4.

Who made the calendar we use today?

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Augustus Caesar

c)

Pope Gregory

5.

What is an Era?

a)

a long period of time

b)

general time it takes to create a timeline

c)

dates on a timeline

6.

Gregorian Calendar is the example of

a)

Lunar Calendar

b)

Solar Calendar

c)

Lunisolar Calendar

7.

What is the commanly used calendar known as

a)

Saka Calendar

b)

Gregorian Calendar

8.

The national calender of India is the

a)

Saka calendar

b)

Gregorian calendar

9.

Chaitra is the first month of

a)

Saka Calendar

b)

Gregorian Calendar

c)

Chinese Calendar

10.

A ____________ tells us the order in which events happened

a)

Timelines

b)

Calendar

c)

Novels

11.
Timelines should include 
a)
predictions about the future
b)
unimportant events
c)
important events
12.
Timelines are read from
a)
right to left
b)
left to right
c)
upside down
d)
not read
13.

The solar calendar is based upon the Earth rotating around the moon.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

The lunar calendar is based upon the Earth rotating around the moon.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The name of our calendar

a)

Roman Calendar

b)

Gregorian Calendar

c)

Julian Calendar

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.
Which happened first, the building of the Pyramids or the development of hieroglyphic writing?
a)
Pyramids of Giza built
b)
Development of hieroglyphic writing
18.

B.C.E stands for

(a)  

19.

Gregorian Calendar uses ______________ as its starting point.

a)

death of Jesus Christ

b)

birth of Jesus Christ

20.

BSE years are counted backwards from the year 1.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Years that start with 20

a)

19th century

b)

20th century

c)

21st century

22.

Gregorian calendar was originally finalized in Europe.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Historians have divided the study of past into three periods. Name them.

(a)