Welcome to
World History
Do not squander time for that is
the stuff life is made of.
- Ben Franklin
Originally created by J. Kinley
Originally created by J. Kinley
ARTIC
OCEAN
EUROPE
ASIA
NORTH
AMERICA
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
AFRICA
PACIFIC
OCEAN
PACIFIC
OCEAN
INDIAN
OCEAN
SOUTH
AMERICA
AUSTRALIA
SOUTHERN
OCEAN
ANTARTICA
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*Pre-historic Time
*Before writing
 What do you think
about during this time
period?
 Dinosaurs, Stone age
man …
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Circa
About
that time abbreviated
as ca. or c.
This you will see often on
antiques
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B. C. ------- B.C.E.
 Before
Christ
 Gregorian Calendar
 You must denote
B.C. or B.C.E. time
 Before Common Era
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A. D. --------C.E.
 Anno
Domini which is Latin for
in the year of the Lord
 If the dates have no letters it is
A.D. Or C.E. time
 Common Era
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Centuries
A
measure of time that is derived from
the Latin term cent or one hundred
100
 Are
consecutive years.
one number ahead of actual date
1-100
401-500
1901-2000
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Timelines
----------I--------BC
AD
Dates are like a timeline with
positive and negative
numbers
B.C. or B.C.E. are like
negative numbers
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Timelines Continued
The
larger the B.C. date the
earlier or the older the year
The larger the A.D. date the
later or the younger the year
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Calculating Elapsed Time
Between Dates
 If
the dates are both B.C or both
A.D., then subtract the numbers
 If one date is B.C. and the other
A.D., then add the numbers

2000-----500----I----500-----2000
BC
AD
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Questions
 1.
Which happened first; A.D. 400 or
A.D. 401?
 2.
What years make up the first
century?
 3.
What years make up the nineteenth
century?
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Questions continued
 4.
Which happened first; 353 B.C.
or 352 B.C.?
 5.
How many years are in a
century?
 6.
What century is 1901-1984?
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Questions continued
 7.
How many years between these
dates; 500 B.C. and A.D. 500?
What years make up the 20th
century?
 8.
 9.
What century is the 1700s?
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Questions continued
 10.
How many years between these
dates; 200 B.C. and A.D. 100?
 11.
What century is 101-200?
 12.
What the term circa mean?
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