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What Time Is It?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.
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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. The Great Fire of Rome breaks out and destroys much of the city (AD 64).
  3. Cuneiform is invented (3500 BC).
  4. The American Revolution begins (AD 1765).
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Place the event that happened FIRST at the TOP and the event that happened LAST at the BOTTOM.

  1. Martin Luther King Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" speech (AD 1963).
  2. Construction begins on the Great Pyramid of Giza (2500 BC).
  3. The Lascaux Cave is painted (15,000 BC).
  4. The Crusades end (AD 1492).
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).
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The 6th century (assume AD/CE) is composed of what 100 year period?

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

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What century includes the years 1901-2000?

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What century includes the years 900-801 BC?