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6th grade Read and order BCE and CE dates on a timeline worksheet

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Read and order BCE and CE dates on a timeline

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NameDate

Circle the best answer.

  2. How many years after the comet record (240 BCE) was China's first nationwide census (2 CE), Ari asks?

    • 243 years
    • 238 years
    • 241 years
    • 242 years

  3. Zhang Heng's seismoscope came 371 years after the comet record (240 BCE). In what year was it shown, Bo asks?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • 131 BCE
    • 132 CE
    • 131 CE
    • 611 CE

  4. Constantinople became a Roman capital in 330 CE, 569 years after the comet record. Working back, in what year was the comet record, Esme asks?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • 239 BCE
    • 239 CE
    • 240 BCE
    • 899 BCE

  5. Which event on the strip happened in the 2nd century CE (101–200 CE), Jun asks?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • D, Constantinople (330 CE)
    • C, Zhang Heng's seismoscope
    • B, the census (2 CE)
    • A, the comet record (240 BCE)

  6. Which event on the strip happened in the 3rd century BCE (300–201 BCE), Kira asks?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • B, the census (2 CE)
    • D, Constantinople (330 CE)
    • A, the comet record
    • C, the seismoscope (132 CE)

  7. Which event on the strip happened in the 1st century CE (1–100 CE), Luz asks?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • D, Constantinople (330 CE)
    • B, the census
    • C, the seismoscope (132 CE)
    • A, the comet record (240 BCE)

  8. Milo's friend says year 0 comes between 1 BCE and 1 CE. Which response is right?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • Disagree: 1 BCE is followed by 1 CE
    • Disagree: year 0 comes after 1 CE
    • Agree: counting starts at year 0
    • Agree: year 0 is another name for 1 BCE

  9. Noah's friend says the comet record (240 BCE) is later than the census (2 CE), because 240 is bigger. Which response is right?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • Disagree: BCE years come before CE years
    • Agree: they were in the same year
    • Agree: bigger numbers are later
    • Disagree: 2 CE is a BCE year

  10. Pia's friend says the 3rd century BCE runs from 201 BCE to 300 BCE, in time order. Which response is right?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • Disagree: it runs from 300 BCE to 201 BCE
    • Disagree: it runs from 200 BCE to 101 BCE
    • Agree: BCE centuries start at the small number
    • Disagree: it runs from 300 CE to 201 CE

  11. Ren's note says, "The comet record (240 BCE) came 241 years after the census (2 CE)." Which fix is right?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • Leave it: 240 is bigger, so it is later
    • Change "241" to "238"
    • Change "241" to "242"
    • Change "after" to "before"
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About this worksheet

Read and order BCE and CE dates on a timeline. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

  • I can place BCE and CE dates on a timeline and tell which came first, knowing there is no year 0.
  • I can count the years between two dates on the same side of the line, or across it.
  • I can name the century or millennium of a date, and work forward or back from a span.

Standard: D2.His.1.6-8 (partial: chronology)

Common mistakes

Your child counted a year 0. BCE/CE dates have no year 0: 1 BCE is followed by 1 CE, so a span across the line is one year shorter than adding.

Your child read BCE numbers as if they count up. In BCE, bigger numbers are further back in time.

Your child mixed up the BCE and CE sides. BCE years sit before the line, CE years after it.

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with read and order bce and ce dates on a timeline?

Your child counted a year 0. BCE/CE dates have no year 0: 1 BCE is followed by 1 CE, so a span across the line is one year shorter than adding.

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Yes. All 6 printable versions at each level are free to print, with the answer key, and no account is needed.

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