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Activity 2A
Timelines
Term | Definition |
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Timeline | A diagram used to see relationships among several events. |
Chronological Order | The order in which events actually happened |
Title | Tells the overall topic |
Event | One of the three parts of a timeline that relates some way to the title. |
B.C./A.D. | Before Christ/Anno Domini |
B.C.E/C.E. | Before the Common Era/Common Era |
Decade | A period of ten years |
Century | A period of 100 years. |
Generation | The period of time between the birth of parents and the birth of their children. This is a period of about 25-30 years. |
Millennium | A period of 1,000 years. |
Single-Tier Timeline | A timeline that consists of a single line with events in chronological order. |
Multiple-Tier Timeline | A timeline with more than one line of events occurring in the same time period. |