Vocab
What is the abbreviation for Before Common Era?
BCE
What does CE stand for on a timeline?
Common Era
How many years are between 100 BC and 200 BC?
100 years
What is the name of a timeline with more than one subject or level?
or
Multi-tiered timeline
What does AD stand for
Anno Domini
Which came first, 100 BCE or 100 CE?
100 BCE
Where should you look for the oldest date on a horizontal timeline? (left or right)
left
How are events arranged on a multiple tiered timeline?
Chronological order
What is the difference between BC and BCE
BC is used if you are using the birth of Christ as a reference point
BCE is used if you do not want to use religion when naming dates
What event happened first:
AD 1500 or AD 2000
AD 1500
Which do we live in? AD or BC?
AD
What does chronological order mean?
In order of how the events happened.
What happened first?
500 BC or 1000 BC
1000 BC
What does Anno Domini mean? (It's LATIN!)
"The Year of Our Lord"
How would you find how many years between 1000 BCE and 1150 BCE?
Same means Subtract
1150BCE-1000BCE=150 years
What does a multiple tiered timeline allow you to do?
Compare events that happened in two areas at the same time
or
See the relationship or the cause and effect of events.
What event happened most recently?
100,000 BCE or 1,000 BCE
How many years passed between 800 BC and AD 700?
How many years are between 101 BCE and the year 1 BC?
100 Years.
Same means subtract
BCE and BC are the same
How many years are between 150 BC and 200 AD?
350 years