Learning

objective:

Review
History
skills and
prior
knowledge
 INSTRUCTIONS

Complete the worksheet by filling in the key words

next to the correct definition in the table.

Extension: Identify a synonym (words with a similar

or the same meaning) for as many of the key words
as you can

GLUE THE SHEET INTO YOUR NOTEBOOK

 CHRONOLOGY
Review quiz
1.
a. What century are we living in?
b. What does BCE after a date mean?
c. What is another way of writing BCE?
d. What does CE after a date mean?
e. What is another way of writing CE?
 CHRONOLOGY
Review quiz
2. Arrange the following dates in chronological order:

• 1 CE
• 2020CE
• 400BCE
• 399BCE
• 2013CE
• 2020BCE
 CHRONOLOGY
Review quiz
3. Which centuries were the following years in?

• 2012 BCE
• 1 CE
• 1921 CE
• 2000 CE
• 902 BCE
• 81 BCE
1. ANSWERS
a. What century are we living in? We are living in the 21st Century.
b. What does BCE after a date mean? BCE written after a date means ‘before Common Era’.
c. What is another way of writing BCE? Another way of writing BCE is BC (’before Christ’).
d. What does CE after a date mean? CE written after a date means ‘in the ‘Common Era’.
e. What is another way of writing CE? Another way of writing CE is AD (‘Anno Domini’).
2. Arrange the following dates in chronological order:
• 2020 BCE
• 400 BCE
• 399 BCE
• 1 CE
• 2013
• 2020 CE
3. Which centuries were the following years in?
• 2012 BCE 21st Century BCE
• 1 CE 1st Century CE
• 1921 CE 20th Century CE
• 2000 CE 21st Century CE
• 902 BCE 10th Century BCE
• 81 BCE 1st Century BCE
The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most of the world. It is named after Pope Gregory XIII,
who introduced it in October 1582.

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In history we often refer to CENTURIES. These are periods in history which cover 100 years.

For example:
• We are now in the 21st Century (years 2000 – 2099)
• Last century was the 20th Century (years 1900 – 1999)
• The next century will be the 22nd Century (years 2100-2199)

NOTE that the number in the name of the century (the 16th century, for example) is always
one higher than the number that starts the century's years: the years of the 16th century
start with 15.
 circa
about (Latin)
Examples:

The Ancient Age ended in c. 470 BCE

The last Ice Age was c. 50 thousand BCE

Examples of PRIMARY SOURCES Examples of SECONDARY SOURCES
In Year 8 we are learning about the
medieval world, about how some of the
the modern countries that we know
today first began.

YOUR TASK:
1. In PAIRS, conduct research to identify
how one of the following countries
first came into existence during the
medieval period:
1. England.
2. France.
2. Create a PowerPoint to share what
you have discovered.