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Quiz on HISTORICAL TIMELINES & their parts

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Roughly, how many people die every 24 hours?(pick the correct range)

a)
2-10,000
b)

2 billion- 3.2 billion

c)

50,000-100,000

d)

150,000-160,000

2.

Our hearts beat around how many times every 24 hours?

a)

99,000-100,000

b)

400,000-1.1 billion

c)

7-48

d)

trillion- a google

3.

What did early Egyptians use the moon’s phases to determine?

a)

the weather

b)

their birthdays

c)

how many waves hit the shore in a day

d)

The length of a month

4.

What did the markings on the sides of candle clocks indicate?

4 lines
5.

How does a sundial work?

4 lines
6.

How many parts did Egyptians divide their sundials into?

a)

60

b)

12

c)

9

d)

31

7.

Where were the people from that used candles and incense sticks to keep track of time?

a)

Native Americans

b)

Sumerians

c)

Asia

d)

Egyptians

8.

What is the sexagesimal system?

4 lines
9.

Enter Ctesibius was the man regarded as the inventor of the first real what?

a)

WATER

b)

WATER CLOCK

c)

SUNDIAL

d)

The Bible

10.

What is an atomic clock?

4 lines
11.

What does BC stand for?

a)

BIG COOKIE

b)

BIG ELEPHANTS

c)

BIG FOOT YEAR

d)

BEFORE the BIRTH OF CHRIST

12.

What does AD stand for on a historical timeline?

a)

THE year of the andominius rex

b)

AFTER the death of CHRISTI

c)

anno Domini, which is Latin for "in the year of the Lord"