Starter quiz
- Historians use timelines to show when events happened. Timelines are arranged...
- by the importance of the event
- chronologically ✓
- by distance
- alphabetically
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- Rome is located in which country?
- Italy ✓
- Spain
- France
- Germany
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- Which of the following countries is not Mediterranean?
- Italy
- Great Britain ✓
- Greece
- Egypt
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- Match the word to its meaning.
- civilisation⇔a large group of people living together according to rules ✓
- culture⇔the customs and traditions of a group of people ✓
- Match the word to its meaning
- politics⇔how a country is governed and how it makes rules and laws ✓
- religion⇔the belief and worship of a god or gods ✓
- A person who uses clues from the past, such as artefacts and written documents, to find out about the human past is...
- a teacher
- a palaeontologist
- an historian ✓
- a professor
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Exit quiz
- BCE stands for...
- because
- Before Christ
- Before Common Era ✓
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- Which of these events happened before the year 1?
- Rome was founded. ✓
- Queen Elizabeth II was the queen.
- Alexander the Great was king of Ancient Greece. ✓
- Queen Victoria was the queen.
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- The story of how Rome was founded by Romulus is...
- true
- a myth ✓
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- Romulus's twin brother was called...
- Roman
- Rome
- Remus ✓
- Julius
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- According to myth, Mars, the god of war, was Romulus'...
- brother
- uncle
- grandfather
- father ✓
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- Why was the myth of Romulus and Remus important to Romans?
- It showed that Romans were strong and powerful. ✓
- The Romans liked stories about wolves.
- It showed that Romans were good storytellers.
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Key learning points
- CE and BCE are a common method used in the West to note the periods of time before and after the year ‘1’.
- The Romans believed the myth that Rome was founded by Romulus.
- Romulus was raised by a wolf alongside his brother, who he later fought and killed, becoming the first King of Rome.
- This myth was important to Romans: it showed that to be Roman was to be strong and powerful.
Common misconception
BCE and CE denote times before and after the year 0.
There is no year 0. BCE denotes the time before the year 1 and CE denotes the time from the year 1.
Keywords
Bce - BCE is short for Before Common Era and refers to the time before the year 1
Ce - CE stands for Common Era is the time from the year 1 onwards
Myth - a myth is a traditional story, usually about heroes, heroines, gods and goddesses
Founded - founded means the time when something was first started or created
Romans - the Romans were a group of people whose civilisation was based around the city of Rome
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