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THE DATING GAME

DATE CODE WORKSHEET

Instructions: Multiple choice. Circle the phrase that best describes each Date Code.

  1. BP
    1. Beginning Phase
    2. Before Present
    3. Back in the Past
  2. MYA
    1. Mayan Years Ago
    2. Minus Your Age
    3. Million Years Ago
  3. B.C.
    1. before Christ
    2. Beginning Chapter
    3. Before Carbon
  4. A.D.
    1. after death
    2. Age of Decimals
    3. anno Domini
  5. BE
    1. Before Extinction
    2. By Extermination
    3. Below Excavation
  6. BMe
    1. Before Millennium
    2. Before Me
    3. Boron Manganese
  7. c.
    1. circumference
    2. century
    3. circa, meaning "about"

THE DATING GAME

DATE CODE WORKSHEET

Instructions: Multiple choice. The correct answer is shown in bold.

  1. BP
    1. Beginning Phase
    2. Before Present
    3. Back in the Past
  2. MYA
    1. Mayan Years Ago
    2. Minus Your Age
    3. Million Years Ago
  3. B.C.
    1. before Christ
    2. Beginning Chapter
    3. Before Carbon
  4. A.D.
    1. after death
    2. Age of Decimals
    3. anno Domini
  5. BE
    1. Before Extinction
    2. By Extermination
    3. Below Excavation
  6. BMe
    1. Before Millennium
    2. Before Me
    3. Boron Manganese
  7. c.
    1. circumference
    2. century
    3. circa, meaning "about"

 

 

 

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