BC/AD
How Many Years?
Scenarios
Random Trivia
100
What is the old new for BCE? (The letter we used to use)
BC
100
How many years are there between 2000 BCE to 2000 CE?
4000 years
100
The alarm on your cell phone beeps. GASP! You fell asleep – your 30-page paper on the history of tomatoes is still unfinished and due in the morning. If only you can finish these last few pages. You know that your teacher is a big stickler for using correct dates. You want to cite an event that happened 3000 years ago.
What letters should follow the date?
BCE/BC
100
What song is at the top of the U.S. charts today?
Barbie World w/Aqua - Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice
200
What does BC stand for?
Before Christ
200
How many years are there between 1000 BCE to 500 CE?
1500 years
200
You are researching Risdon's history and find that it was built 7 years ago. When writing the year Risdon was built, what letters should go after the year?
AD/CE
200
What year was TikTok invented?
2016
300
What does CE stand for?
Common Era
300
How many years are there between 100 BCE to 300 CE?
400 years
300
Imagine that you are writing a paper about Ancient Egyptian inventions. You need to explain that toothpaste was invented 5,000 years ago. What letters would go after the year?
BCE/CE
300
How old is LaPlatney's daughter?
7 months
400
Why did we switch from old terms (BC/AD) to new terms (BCE/CE)?
Decentering Catholicism/Moving away from religious based timelines/Not everyone is the same religion/religious at all
400
How many years are there between 1000 CE to 1200 CE?
200 years
400
You are learning to paint in the same style as an Ancient Greek painter. When telling a friend about the time period the painting style is from, what letters should come after the year?
BCE/CE
400
how many cell phones were sold in 2022?
1,300,000,000
(1.3 trillion)
500
What does AD stand for AND What does it mean in English?
Anno Domini
Year of Our Lord
500
How many years are there between 3300 BCE to 2500 BCE
800 years
500
LaPlatney was born many years ago, what letters come after her birth year?
AD/CE
500
The World's smallest McDonald's is in Sweden and was created for a specific animal. What animal?
Bees!
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