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Timelines – practice for Years 7–9

Sample questions on Timelines with the right answer and a worked solution, from easy to hard. In the Pickles Academy app a child gets new questions of the same kind every time, so they can't just learn the answers by heart.

Subject
History
Year
Years 7–9
Curriculum area
People in history

Question types: Find the event on the timeline

Rule: Timelines

On a timeline the years run from left to right, oldest to most recent. BC numbers get smaller to the right.

Find how many years lie between two neighbouring marks, then count the divisions.

Example: 500 BC → 1 BC → AD 1 → AD 500 (from left to right)

Watch out: There is no year 0 between 1 BC and AD 1.

Sample questions

  1. Question 1 Easy

    Which event is marked with the number 5 on the timeline?

    10001200140016001800200012345
    1. A) England defeats the Spanish Armada
    2. B) Napoleon becomes Emperor of the French
    3. C) The Hundred Years’ War begins
    4. D) The Berlin Wall falls
    5. E) The first modern Olympic Games are held in Athens
    Show the solution
    Answer: D) The Berlin Wall falls

    How it works: 1 = 1337, 2 = 1588, 3 = 1804, 4 = 1896, 5 = 1989 (The Berlin Wall falls)

  2. Question 2 Normal

    Which event is marked with the number 1 on the timeline?

    5007009001100130015001700190012345
    1. A) Muhammad moves from Mecca to Medina
    2. B) The United States declares independence
    3. C) Vasco da Gama reaches India by sailing round Africa
    4. D) Marco Polo sets out for China
    5. E) The Wright brothers make the first powered aeroplane flight
    Show the solution
    Answer: A) Muhammad moves from Mecca to Medina

    How it works: 1 = AD 622 (Muhammad moves from Mecca to Medina), 2 = 1271, 3 = 1498, 4 = 1776, 5 = 1903

  3. Question 3 Hard

    Which event is marked with the number 5 on the timeline?

    800600400200100300500← BCAD →12345
    1. A) The Colosseum opens in Rome
    2. B) The Battle of Marathon
    3. C) Julius Caesar is assassinated
    4. D) The First Punic War begins
    5. E) The Edict of Milan allows Christianity
    Show the solution
    Answer: E) The Edict of Milan allows Christianity

    How it works: 1 = 490 BC, 2 = 264 BC, 3 = 44 BC, 4 = AD 80, 5 = AD 313 (The Edict of Milan allows Christianity)

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