World Calendars

The name of our calendar

• Roman Calendar

• Gregorian Calendar

• Julian Calendar

The Gregorian calendar

• is still in use today
• was created by Julius Ceasar

Some early calendars developed by the Chinese and Hebrews, were based on the cycles of the _______________.

• Seasons

• Crops

• Moon

• Sun

This calendar was used by inhabitants of Central America.

• Chinese

• Mayan

• Hebrew

• Muslim

Another name for the Muslim Calendar is called the ...

• Hirji

• Hagi

• Middle Eastern

• South Western

BC stands for

• Before Cars

• Before Camels

• Before Christ

• Because

CE stands for ...

• Common Era

• Common Age

• Common Estate

• Christ Era

Which is older 887 BC or 887 BCE?

• 887 BC

• 887 BCE

• they are the same date

AD stands for...

• After Death

• After Dead

• Ann Dominoes

• Anno Domini

A __________ shows the order in which events have occurred.

• timeline
• chronos
• title
• Anno Domini

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