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BCE/CE Practice Activity

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How many years separate the invention of the Gutenberg Printing Press (1450 CE) and the invention of the World Wide Web (1991 CE)?
a)
40 years
b)
541 years
c)
1,721 years
d)
3,441 years
2.
How many years separate the end of World War II (1945 CE) and the end of the Persian War (449 BCE)?
a)
1,496 years
b)
1,500 years
c)
2,393 years
d)
2,394 years
3.
How old was Alexander the Great (356 BCE - 323 BCE)?
a)
33 years old
b)
45 years old
c)
67 years old
d)
79 years old
4.
How old was Rosa Parks (1913 CE - 2005 CE)?
a)
39 years old
b)
42 years old
c)
78 years old
d)
92 years old
5.
How old was George Washington (1732 CE - 1799 CE)?
a)
34 years old
b)
67 years old
c)
75 years old
d)
89 years old
6.
How old was Augustus (63 BCE - 14 CE)?
a)
36 years old
b)
49 years old
c)
76 years old
d)
94 years old
7.

Stands for “Common Era."

a)

BC

b)

BCE

c)

AD

d)

CE

8.

Stands for “Before Christ."

a)

BC

b)

BCE

c)

AD

d)

CE

9.

Refers to the same time period as BC.

a)

BCE

b)

AD

c)

CE

10.

Refers to the same time period as AD.

a)

BC

b)

BCE

c)

CE

11.

We are currently in the year 2025 _____.

a)

BCE

b)

CE

12.

Years get larger the further they are in the past.

a)

BCE

b)

CE

13.

Years get larger the closer they are to the present.

a)

BCE

b)

CE

14.

There is a year zero.

a)

true

b)

false

15.

Which of the following dates took place first (earliest)?

a)

1000 BCE

b)

1000 CE

c)

1500 BCE

d)

2000 CE

16.

Which event took place first (earliest)?

a)

27 BCE

Augustus becomes the first emperor of Rome

b)

400 BCE

the Olmec civilization ends in Mesoamerica

c)

1440 CE

Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press

17.

Which event took place most recently (last)?

a)

1607 C.E.

British found Jamestown

b)

3000 B.C.E.

Egypt unites

c)

44 B.C.E.

Julius Caesar is killed

18.

A century is how many years?

a)

50 years

b)

100 years

c)

1000 years

d)

1,000,000 years

19.

Ms. Barnhart was most likely born in which century?

a)

18th century

b)

19th century

c)

20th century

d)

21st century

20.

Which century were you born in?

a)

18th century

b)

19th century

c)

20th century

d)

21st century

21.

1873 would be which century?

a)

The 17th century

b)

The 18th century

c)

The 19th century

d)

The 20th century

22.

The next century will be the...

a)

20th century

b)

21st century

c)

22nd century

d)

23rd century

23.

Which century did the year 1500 belong to?

a)

14th century

b)

15th century

c)

16th century

d)

17th century

24.

1 century = ____________ years

a)

10

b)

100

c)

1000

25.

1 decade = _____________ years

a)

10

b)

100

c)

1000

26.

A _________ is a period of 100 years.

a)

decade

b)

century

c)

era

d)

chronological order

27.

How many decades in 60 years

a)

1

b)

3

c)

5

d)

6

28.

300 years is . . . .

a)

3 decades

b)

3 centuries

29.

How many days are in a year?

a)

180

b)

260

c)

365

d)

100

30.

Match the following the vocab to the definition

a)

BC

1.

means Before Christ

b)

BCE

2.

means Before Common Era

c)

AD

3.

means in the Year of Our Lord

d)

CE

4.

means Common Era

31.

The most modern terms are ____ and ____ because they exclude religious meaning.

a)

BCE, AD

b)

BCE, CE

c)

BC, AD

d)

CE, BC

32.

Which date is the same as 1911 AD​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
1911 CE
1911 BCE
33.

Means "arranged in the order that events happened."

a)

decade

b)

historian

c)

chronological

d)

circa

34.

Place the 5 events in chronological order

a)

3000 BCE Kingdoms of Lower and Upper Egypt Unite

b)

221 BCE

Construction of the Great Wall of China

c)

1492 CE

Christopher Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue

d)

1810 CE

Mexico Receives Independence from Spain

e)

1981 CE

MTV, Music Television's First Broadcast

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)

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