1.5 Time matters

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1.5 Time Matters

How many years is 1 century?

1. 10
2. 100
3. 1000
4. 500

Suppose you were born in 2005
What does that mean?

1. You were born 2005 years after the death of Jesus Christ
2. You were born 2005 years before the death of Jesus Christ
3. You were born 2005 years after the birth of Jesus Christ
4. You were born 2005 years before the birth of Jesus Christ

Drag each period (left) to the correct time period.

until 3000 BC

3000 BC - 500 AD

500 - 1500 AD

1500 - 1800 AD

1800 AD - now

Early Modern Times 

Modern Times 

Prehistory 

Middle Ages 

Antiquity 

Suppose Monica was born in the year 2000
What does that mean?

1. She was born 2000 years after the death of Jesus Christ
2. She was born 2000 years before the death of Jesus Christ
3. She was born 2000 years after the birth of Jesus Christ
4. She was born 2000 years before the birth of Jesus Christ

How many centuries is 2000 years?

1. 20
2. 200
3. 2
4. 2000

so, we can agree that:
the year in which Monica was born, 2000 years have passed since the year that Christ was born.

1. yes, I agree
2. no, I don't agree

so, we can also agree that:
the year in which Monica was born, 20 centuries have passed since the year that Christ was born.
(because 2000 years is 20 centuries)

1. yes, I agree
2. no, I don't agree

If in the year 2000, 20 centuries are completed,
then what century does the year 2005 belong to?

1. still belongs to the 20th century
2. belongs to the 21st century
3. belongs to the 2005th century
4. every answer is correct

What century were you born in?

1. 19th century
2. 20th century
3. 21st century
4. 22nd century

What century were your parents born in?

1. 19th century
2. 20th century
3. 21st century
4. 22nd century

The 21st century lasts from 2000 until 2099.
In the year 2100 a new century starts which will be the 22nd century.

1. correct
2. not correct

The century in which your parents were born was the 20th century.
It lasted from 1900 until 1999.

1. correct
2. not correct

World War Two lasted from 1939 until 1945.
In which century was World War Two?

1. 18th century
2. 19th century
3. 20th century
4. 21st century

The 17th century lasted from 1700 until 1799

1. correct
2. not correct

The 17th century lasted from 1600 until 1699

1. correct
2. not correct

The 14th century lasted from 1300 until 1399

1. correct
2. not correct

To which century does the year 1167 belong?

1. 10th century
2. 11th century
3. 12th century
4. 13th century

In the year 1000, how many centuries had passed since the birth of Christ?

1. 1
2. 1000
3. 100
4. 10

So, in the year 1000, which new century started if we agree that 10 centuries had passed?

1. 10th
2. 11th
3. 100th
4. 1100th

The 8th century was from 700 until 799

1. correct
2. not correct

Which of these years belongs to the 6th century?

1. 452
2. 690
3. 600
4. 517

To which century does the year 288 belong?

1. 3rd century
2. 2nd century
3. 4th century
4. 28th century

In which century did Jesus Christ live (and die)?

1. 2nd century
2. 3rd century
3. 0th century
4. 1st century

Willem van Oranje was born in the year 1533.
He died at the age of 51.
What year did he die?

In which century was Willem van Oranje born?

1. 14th
2. 15th
3. 16th
4. 17th

The year 1648:

1. can only be AD
2. can only be BC
3. can be both AD or BC
4. can't be either if you don't include AD or BC

Study the timeline below closely. The center is the year 1 AD. Drag the dates to the correct centuries. Three dates remain.

256 AD

317 BC

317

67 AD

289 BC

410 

44 BC 

183 BC

410 AD

192 AD

446 BC

10 BC

120 BC

120 AD

322 BC

16 BC

156 BC

60

70

80

26

74

2nd AD

1st AD

1st BC

2nd BC

3rd BC

4th BC