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Reading Timelines

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 3hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which event happened first?
a)
Allies defeat Japan in the Battle of Midway.
b)
Germany invades Poland.
c)
Italy surrenders.
d)
Japan surrenders ending WW2.
2.
What year was Britian bombed by Germany?
a)
1944
b)
1939
c)
1940
d)
This never happened.
3.
What year did WW2 start?
a)
1944
b)
1939
c)
1940
d)
This never happened.
4.
What year did America join WW2?
a)
1944
b)
1939
c)
1940
d)
1941
5.
How many years did WW2 last?
a)
6 years
b)
2 years
c)
5 years
d)
10 years
6.
What event occurred in 1944?
a)
Italy surrenders.
b)
Atomic Bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
c)
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.
d)
D-Day
7.
How many years are there between the invasion of Poland and America joining the war?
a)
2 years
b)
1 year
c)
0 years
d)
3 years
8.
What year was the Louisiana Purchase?
a)
1806
b)
1804
c)
1803
d)
1807
9.
How many years was Lewis and Clark's expedition?
a)
1 year
b)
0 years
c)
4 years
d)
2 years
10.
What year did Clark think he saw the Pacific Ocean?
a)
1806
b)
1805
c)
1804
d)
1803
11.
What year did Lewis and Clark return home?
a)
1806
b)
1805
c)
1804
d)
1803
12.
In September 1804 Lewis and Clark saw a prairie dog. Could this event be added to the timeline?
a)
Yes
b)
No
13.
What did the person on this timeline do at 7:15am?
a)
Wake Up
b)
Catch the Bus
c)
Brush Teeth
14.
What happened FIRST on this timeline?
a)
The person woke up
b)
The person ate breakfast
c)
The person got dressed
15.
In what year did Nintendo release Game Boy?
a)
1996
b)
1989
c)
1978
16.
What was released in 2006?
a)
Office 2003
b)
BluRay Players
c)
Xbox 360
17.
In what year was Xbox 360 released?
a)
2004
b)
2005
c)
2006
18.

Which of the following social media platforms was created first?

a)

LinkedIn

b)

Pinterest

c)

Instagram

d)

YouTube

19.

What year was the Apple iPhone invented?

a)

1982

b)

1989

c)

2007

d)

2000

20.

Which came first?

a)

The Gameboy

b)

Pokemon Go

c)

The Sims

d)

Angry Birds

21.

What year did the Regular Show come out?

a)

1999

b)

1996

c)

2000

d)

2010

22.

Which chocolate bar premiered last?

a)

Milk

b)

Dark

c)

White Creme

d)

Gold

23.

What year was Google created?

a)

2005

b)

1998

c)

1982

d)

2003

24.
Which happened first, the building of the Pyramids or the development of hieroglyphic writing?
a)
Pyramids of Giza built
b)
Development of hieroglyphic writing
25.

After Wednesday is...

a)

Monday

b)

Thursday

c)

Sunday

26.

Before April is...

a)

May

b)

January

c)

March

27.
A __________ shows the order in which events have occurred.
a)
timeline
b)
chronos
c)
title
d)
Anno Domini
28.
A timeline shows the order in which events have occurred.  This is called __________________ order.
a)
Anno Domini
b)
chronological
c)
title
d)
periods of time
29.
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
30.
How many years passed between the release of the first iPod and Barack Obama being elected President? 
a)
5 years
b)
6 years
c)
7 years
d)
8 years 
31.

Which Pixar movie came out in 1995?

(a)  

32.

Which Pixar movie came out in 2006?

(a)  

33.

What year did Animal Kingdom open?

(a)  

34.

What year did Disneyland open?

(a)  

35.

What year did Disney buy Marvel?

(a)  

36.

Which opened first... Disneyland or Disney World?

(a)  

37.

What year did Beauty and the Beast come out?

(a)  

38.

What year did was Toy Story land added?

(a)  

39.

What year did Princess and the Frog come out?

(a)  

40.

Who was the 2nd Disney princess?

(a)