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Standard 7.3 - Analyze how historians organize human history and events, including the use of calendars.
  • 7.3a - Describe multiple methods for organizing and labeling periods of time, including differentiating between the BC/AD and BCE/CE notations.
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Part I: What's The Difference?
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer Questions 1-4 by calculating the years that separate the two events. (Note: Refer back to the Organizing Human History Notes if you are having difficulty).
Question 1
1.

How much time separates the invention of the Gutenberg Printing Press (AD 1450) and the invention of the World Wide Web (AD 1991)?

Question 2
2.

How much time separates the Rule of King Tutankhamun (1334 BC) and the Rule of Ashoka (268 BC)?

Question 3
3.

How much time separates when the Persian Wars ended (449 BC) and when World War II ended (AD 1945)?

Question 4
4.

How much time separates when the Hammurabi's Code was written (1750 BC) and when the U.S. Constitution was ratified (AD 1788)?

Part II: How Old Were They?
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer Questions 5-10 by calculating each individual's age using their birth and death date. (Note: Refer back to the Organizing Human History Notes if you are having difficulty).
Question 5
5.

How old was Alexander the Great (356 BC - 323 BC)?

Question 6
6.

How old was Rosa Parks (AD 1913 - AD 2005)?

Question 7
7.

How old was Hatshepsut (1508 BC - 1458 BC)?

Question 8
8.

How old was George Washington (AD 1732 - AD 1799)?

Question 9
9.

How old was Galileo Galilei (AD 1564 - AD 1642)?

Question 10
10.

How old was Augustus Caesar (63 BC - AD 14)?

Part III: Construct a Vertical Timeline
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer Questions 11-12 by placing the selected events in the order in which they happened.
Question 11
11.

Place the event that happened FIRST at the TOP and the event that happened LAST at the BOTTOM.

  1. King Tutankhamun begins his rule (1334 BC).
  2. Cuneiform is invented (3500 BC).
  3. The American Revolution begins (AD 1765).
  4. The Great Fire of Rome breaks out and destroys much of the city (AD 64).
Question 12
12.

Place the event that happened FIRST at the TOP and the event that happened LAST at the BOTTOM.

  1. The Crusades end (AD 1492).
  2. The Lascaux Cave is painted (15,000 BC).
  3. Construction begins on the Great Pyramid of Giza (2500 BC).
  4. Martin Luther King Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" speech (AD 1963).
Part IV: Understanding Centuries
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer Questions 13-16 by determining what 100 year span is associated with specific centuries. (Note: Refer back to the Organizing Human History Notes if you are having difficulty).
Question 13
13.

The 6th century (assume AD/CE) is composed of what 100 year period?

Question 14
14.

The 13th century BC is composed of what 100 year period?

Question 15
15.

What century includes the years 1901-2000?

Question 16
16.

What century includes the years 900-801 BC?