KS2 Timelines | How Listing Events Helps Us Understand

History Quiz - Timelines (Questions)

One method used in KS2 to help children to understand history is the timeline. Timelines are a listing of events, such as historical periods, which can make history much easier to understand.

When we make a listing of events in order we are creating a timeline. Timelines are used to show the time relationships between different events and different periods in history. They help us to understand the time frame between events. It can be difficult to imagine the length of time between the Ancient Egyptians and the Middle Ages but a timeline makes it easier. But its not just really old events and historical periods that can be put on a timeline. You might make a personal timeline listing important things that have happened in your life or a family timeline showing your own family's history.

This quiz tests your knowledge of being able to understand how to read a timeline.

What does BCE mean?

[ ]	Before Common Era
[ ]	Before Christ
[ ]	Before Curried Eggs
[ ]	Common Era

The history before the Common Era (CE) is known as what?

[ ]	Modern
[ ]	Early modern
[ ]	Medieval
[ ]	Ancient

How long is a century?

[ ]	10 years
[ ]	100 years
[ ]	1,000 years
[ ]	10,000 years

Which century do we live in?

[ ]	The 19th
[ ]	The 20th
[ ]	The 21st
[ ]	The 22nd

In which century was 1066?

[ ]	The Tenth
[ ]	The Eleventh
[ ]	The Eighteenth
[ ]	The Twentieth

In which century was the Second World War?

[ ]	The 18th
[ ]	The 19th
[ ]	The 20th
[ ]	The 21st

Which year is the earliest?

[ ]	1837 CE
[ ]	1492 CE
[ ]	800 BCE
[ ]	54 BCE

How many years between 400 BCE and 400 CE?

[ ]	400
[ ]	800
[ ]	2,000
[ ]	4,000

Which period came first?

[ ]	Aztecs
[ ]	Egyptians
[ ]	Ancient Greeks
[ ]	Romans

10.

Which period came last?

[ ]	Victorians
[ ]	Tudors
[ ]	Celts
[ ]	Anglo Saxons

History Quiz - Timelines (Answers)

What does BCE mean?

[x]	Before Common Era
[ ]	Before Christ
[ ]	Before Curried Eggs
[ ]	Common Era

The common era began in the year 1 CE

The history before the Common Era (CE) is known as what?

[ ]	Modern
[ ]	Early modern
[ ]	Medieval
[x]	Ancient

There are several historical periods: Prehistory (before writing), Ancient history (until the end of the Roman Empire in the 5th C.), the Middle Ages (5th C. - 15th C.) and Modern History (16th C. - present day)

How long is a century?

[ ]	10 years
[x]	100 years
[ ]	1,000 years
[ ]	10,000 years

A decade is ten years and a millennium is 1,000 years

Which century do we live in?

[ ]	The 19th
[ ]	The 20th
[x]	The 21st
[ ]	The 22nd

The 21st Century began in the 1st of January 2001 and it will end on the 31st of December 2100

In which century was 1066?

[ ]	The Tenth
[x]	The Eleventh
[ ]	The Eighteenth
[ ]	The Twentieth

The quickest way to work out which century a year is in is to take off the last two numbers then add one to the number or numbers that are left. That will give you the answer - unless the year ends with '00'. In that case the first numbers are the same as the century. For example, 1066 was in the 11th C. but 1000 was in the 10th

In which century was the Second World War?

[ ]	The 18th
[ ]	The 19th
[x]	The 20th
[ ]	The 21st

The Second World War lasted from 1939 to 1945

Which year is the earliest?

[ ]	1837 CE
[ ]	1492 CE
[x]	800 BCE
[ ]	54 BCE

Years with higher numbers BCE are longer ago

How many years between 400 BCE and 400 CE?

[ ]	400
[x]	800
[ ]	2,000
[ ]	4,000

There are 400 years from 400 BCE-1 CE and 400 years from 1 CE-400 CE

Which period came first?

[ ]	Aztecs
[x]	Egyptians
[ ]	Ancient Greeks
[ ]	Romans

The Egyptians were around 5,500 years ago

10.

Which period came last?

[x]	Victorians
[ ]	Tudors
[ ]	Celts
[ ]	Anglo Saxons

The Victorian era lasted from 1837-1901