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Timelines  1. Fill in the blanks  a) History is the study of past events.  b) A timeline is a representation of events over a period of time. c) In AD, the years are counted forward.   d) India got Independence 1947 after the birth of Christ. 2. Choose the correct option.  a) The timeline indicating AD may show;  i. 1 AD  ii. 1 BC  iii. 2019 BC  iv. 2019 AD  b) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was born in _______________ i. 1630 CE  ii. 326 BCE   iii. 468 BCE  iv. 1786 CE  c) Alexander attacked India in _______________________ .  i. 326 BCE   ii. 468 BCE   iii. 1630 CE   iv. 1786 CE d) What does the timeline look like?   i. Alphabetical line   ii. Symbolic line   iii. Number line   iv. Diagonal line  3. State whether the following are true or false.  a) The time before the birth of Jesus Christ is called AD. False b) A decade means 10 months. False  c) All the events are arranged in a chronological order on a timeline. True  d) ‘0’ year exist on a timeline . False  4. Answer the following

  CH: 18 Timelines   1 . Choose the correct option. a. 'Circa' in Latin means .   i. definite ii. confirm iii. approximately iv. tentative Ans.   iii. Approximately   b. The looks like a ‘number line.’   i. timeline ii. circa iii. history iv. geometrical diagram Ans. i. timeline     c. is the study of past events.   i. Timeline ii. Number Line iii. History iv. Circa Ans. iii. History     2. Fill in the blanks. a . 365 1/4 days make one year.   b. The time after the birth of Jesus is known as   Anno Domini.     c. In a timeline, the series of events are written in chronological   order .   d. BCE stands for   Before Common Era    .   3. State whether the following statements are true or false. a. In AD, the years are counted backward. Ans.   False b. Ten years make one century. Ans.   False c. On a timeline, the year 1 AD follows the year 1 BC Ans. True

CH 18 Timeline   Words :- 1. Anno Domini 2. Christian Era or Common Era  3. Before Christ 4. Before Christian Era or Before Common Era 5. timeline 6. history  7. historian 8. Circa 9. approximately 10. diagram 11. representation 12. events 13. chronological 14. sequencing  15.  preferences TEXTBOOK EXERCISE  4. Answer the following questions. a. What is a timeline? Ans.   A  timeline  is a list of important events arranged in the order in which they happened, It is an easy way to remember events that took place in the past.   A timeline is a representation of events over a period of time, a timeline is important to draw a complete picture of history .   b. What does CE stand for? Ans. CE stands for Christian Era or Common Era.     c. What does BC stand for? Ans. BC stands for Before Christ.     d. Who is a historian? Ans. A person who studies history or past is called a historian.

 

  Words - 1. rotation  2. revolution 3. solar year  4. leap year 5. seasons 6. celestial bodies 7. axis 8. orbit 9. annual motion 10. regions 11. distinguish 12. space 13. planets 14. elliptical 15. imaginary line

Textbook Exercise  1. Choose the correct option.  a. The revolution of the earth causes . Ans.  iii. seasons    b. How many days are there in a leap year?  Ans.  ii. 366   c. The time that the earth takes to move around the sun is known as a  Ans. iii. solar year. 2. Fill in the blanks.  a. The earth rotates from west to east .    b. A leap year comes after every fourth years.  c. The earth spins on its  axis Ans. a.- iv, b-iii, c-i, d-ii 4. Answer the following questions.   (Write these answers in the notebook) a. What is rotation? Ans. The earth spins on its own axis and this movement is called rotation.  b. Explain how a leap year has 366 days. Ans. Every fourth year we have an extra day which is added in the month of February. As a result, every fourth year, February has 29 days. Such a year with 366 days is known as a leap year.  c. What causes day and night? Ans. The rotation causes the sun to appear to rise in the east and set in the west. For the parts of the earth that face