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    This document provides questions to test the reader's understanding of concepts related to measuring historical time periods, including the meaning of terms like "chronology", BC, AD, BCE, CE, and eras. It asks the reader to identify the event time is usually measured from, how many years are in a decade, century, and millennium. It also asks the reader to determine the years of specific centuries and millennia based on information in tables provided on the webpage.

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    Measuring Time Reading Questions

    Read the following web page and answer the questions that follow:
    Historical chronology explained - History Skills

    1. What does ‘chronology’ mean?

    2. What event is the measurement of time usually based around?

    3. What does BC stand for?

    4. What does AD stand for?

    5. What does BCE mean?

    6. What does CE mean?

    7. How many years are in a decade?

    8. How many years are in a century?

    9. How many years are in a millennium?

    10. According to the table of centuries, in what years did the first century AD begin and
    end?

    11. According to the table of centuries, in what years did the second millennium AD
    begin and end?

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    12. According to the table of centuries, in which century are we currently living in?

    13. What are historical ‘eras’?

    14. According to the table of time periods, which era occurred between 146 BC - AD
    476?

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