Why was the idea of continental drift not initially accepted by many other scientists and the general public at the time?

Use the timeline to answer the question: image of a timeline with two entries. the first entry is labeled 2000 bce and the second is labeled 2000 ce. © 2012 flvs where on the timeline would an event go that happened in 2009? to the left of 2000 bce halfway between 2000 bce and 2000 ce to the right of 2000 ce three quarters of the distance between 2000 bce and 2000 ce