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Labeling timelines
Time Span!
Where on the timeline?
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
B.C. stands for what
Before Christ
100
If you are on just one side of the timeline; for instance both dates are B.C. dates, how do you find the time span?
You would subtract the dates!
100

What is another way to name 20 years?

1 score OR 2 decades!

100

How many years is a score?

What is 20 years.

100

How many decades are in a century?

What is 10 decades
200

What does c. stand for?

What is circa (ca. can be used too)

200
If your dates were on opposite sides of the timeline or technically you have dates on both sides of your timeline, how do you find the time span?
You add the dates together!
200

Which comes first on a horizontal timeline? 23 B.C. 1500 B.C. 1500 A.D. 23 A.D. Why?

1500 B.C. The rule of zero!

200
What is a decade?
A decade is a span of time that is 10 years.
200

How many years are between 3000 BC and 1000 CE?

What is 4000 years. (Different signs add)

300
What does A.D. stand for. Be specific!
Anno Domini= which means in the year of the lord
300

Which date is earlier? 1800 AD or 1800 BC

What is 1800 BC

300

What is the rule of zero on a timeline?

The farther away you get from zero- the bigger/larger the number appears!

300
What is a century?
A century is a time span of 100 years!
300

What purpose do timelines serve?

What is a tool to organize dates in history.

400
B.C.E. stands for what? Which side of a horizontal timeline does B.C.E. belong on?
Before the Common Era To the left of the zero
400

Which date is earlier 1700 CE or 1700 BCE?

What is 1700 BCE.

400

The lower the AD date, the ________ time is history. 

(earlier or later)

What is earlier.

400

What is a millennium?

A millennium is a span of time over a 1000 years!

400

What is another way to name 1500 years?

15 centuries

500
What does C.E. stand for? Which side of the timeline does the C.E. belong on in a horizontal timeline?
Common Era To the right of the zero on horizontal timelines.
500

What century were you born in?

the 21st century

500

What side of a horizontal timeline would you find BCE?

What is the left side.

500

How many years are there between 2500 BC and 2000 AD?

4500 years

500

What is another way to name 750 years?

7 centuries and 5 decades