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B.C./A.D?
Vocabulary!
Chronological Order
Which happened first?
It's a Mystery!
100

What does B.C. stand for?

Before Christ

100

When a timeline is broken into intervals of 10's we say it is separated into ___________________.

What is a Decade?

100

Place these dates in chronological order

100 BC            AD 1230 

AD 655           

What is ....

100 BC

AD 655 

AD 1230 

100

100 BC,    AD 100,   1995 BC,    or AD 1995


What is 1995 BC?

100

How many decades were their from 1950BC  to 2010 BC?

6 decades

200

What does B.C.E. stand for?

Before the Common Era

200

When a timeline is broken into intervals of 1000 we would say it is broken down into ________________.

What is a Millennium?

200

Put these dates in chronological order:


567 BC

609 BC

AD 567 


What is ...

609 BC

567 BC

567 AD

200

3000 BC,  4000 BC,  1000BC,  or 999BC

What is 4000 BC?

200

How many centuries are there between 300 AD to 1200 AD? 

9

300

What does C.E. stand for?

Common Era 

300

Timelines that are broken down into centuries show intervals of ______________________ years.

What is 100?

300

Which event would be found the timeline below?

1000 BC     500 BC       50 BC    150 AD    800 AD 

     ______________________________________  


   609 BC Babylonians defeat Assyrians

1333 BC King Tut begins his rule

1479 BC First female Pharaoh


609 BC Babylonians defeat Assyrians 

300

AD 1993,   AD 1921,  AD 2012,   AD 1809

What is AD 1809?

300

The coolest teacher in 6th Grade at NPMS

Who is Mr. Maez (freebie!    I'll accept any answer ; )   ) 

400

What does A.D. stand for and what does it actually mean?

Anno Domini

In the year of the lord

400

What is the interval on this timeline?

   1985        2005       2025        2045

___l________l________l________l_____


What is 20 years?

400

Which set of dates is in correct order....

a. 566 BC, 214 BC, 567 AD, 1867 AD

b. 38 BC, 39 BC, 98 AD, 1995 AD

c. 559 AD, 56 AD, 22 BC, 234 BC

A

566 BC - 214 BC - 567 AD - 1867 AD

400

Which is true?

a. All timelines show events and dates in chronological order.

b. Multi-tier timelines are only made up of two tiers or levels.

c. Good timeline titles include the words Timeline, Events, & Facts

A

400

You can have these points if you can line up in chronological order with your teammates by birthdays in 2 minutes!   Go!

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500

Why do some people label the timeline with B.C. &  A.D. and other culture groups B.C.E. & C.E.?

People around the world are different religions and are not all are Christians which the BC/AD timeline is based on. 
500

The beginning date to the ending date on a timeline is known as this.

What is a span (or period)? 

500

Which side are the BC's on when making horizontal timeline?

What is on the left?


500

If you were to create a timeline on your own life which interval would be best to use?

Intervals of one year

500
If you were comparing when Paper was invented in AD105 and when Greek Civilization started in 1600BC would you use addition or subtraction?

What is Addition?