Reading a Timeline
Name:
Use the timeline to answer the questions.
A n s w e r s
Amelia Earhart’s Life
A
1.
Earhart becomes the first
Earhart sets a world record for
Earhart volunteers as a
woman to fly solo across the
5
flying 14,000 feet high.
nurse during World War 1.
2.
Atlantic Ocean.
1922
1917
1932
1897
3.
1890
1900
1910
1920
1930
1940
1917
4.
Amelia Earhart is born in
Earhart disappears while trying
Earhart buys her first
50
5.
Atchison Kansas.
to fly around the world. She is
aircraft, “The Canary”.
1897
never seen again.
1921
1937
1921
6.
1922
7.
1) Which happened earlier? A. Earhart buys her first aircraft or B. Earhart set world record for flying 14,000 ft.
A
Yes
2) How many years after Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone did she disappear?
5
8.
3) What year was Amelia born?
1897
Use Line
9.
4) What year did Amelia volunteer as a nurse?
1917
Use Line
10.
5) What is the span (number of years shown) of this timeline?
50
6) What year did Earhart buy her first aircraft?
1921
7) What year did Earhart set a world record for flying 14,000 feet high?
1922
8) Amelia became the president of ‘The Ninety Nines’ in 1931. Could you put this event on the timeline above? ( Yes / No )
9) What is this timeline about?
Amerlia Earhart’s Life
10) What was Earhart’s first aircraft named?
The Canary
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