The Dawn of Civilization: Evolution Quiz

At the dawn of time the ______ explodes into being.

With it, every ______ in our bodies, countless galaxies, enumerable stars, and around one of them, a blue planet, our ______.

No other known planet has both an ______ and liquid ______.

The conditions needed for ______.

Threatened by ______, we innovate to survive.

From humble beginnings, we become the ______ creature on the planet.

Discovering ______ and ______; building cities and pyramids; inventing ______ - and mastering the art of ______.

Now the ______ belongs to us.

Farming also opens up a new battlefront against mankind’s most enduring enemy: ______.

The average man around 3,000 B.C. was ______ feet tall.

Owning land gives birth to a new enemy: ______.

The ______ of warfare arose with the beginning of farming.

Farming life brings another leap for mankind: new ways of mourning and the beginnings of ______ religion.

Stonehenge was a religious monument to those we have ______.

True or False. Belief in the afterlife inspires some of mankind’s greatest ______ projects.

The tallest man-made structure for the next 4,000 years was the pyramid tomb for the pharaoh ______.

Mercury tablets prescribed by his doctors to make him ______ are destroying his brain and body.

Across the world, local religions give way to powerful new beliefs, spread by the written ______.

Fifty years later, two and half thousand miles away, another ______ pushing the boundaries of knowledge: Ahmad Ibn Falan.

Diplomat, chronicler, devout ______.

His mission: to seek out new ______ routes.

In Russia, he makes contact with people who will dominate northern Europe: the ______.

From their native Scandinavia, these Vikings have journeyed ______ miles by sea and river, before settling in western Russia.

This country will be ______ after them.

The Vikings call themselves the Russ, ‘______’.

The Viking chief takes his final journey on his prized possession: his ______.

In 100 years the number of Christians grows from 200,000 to ______.

The emperor ______ is dying in the year 337.

The new Christian Capital established by Constantine is ______.

The Church of the Holy Wisdom is known as ______.

Today, there are approximately ______ Christians in the world.

The lasting legacy of the Roman Empire is ______.

By the 5th century AD, the Roman Empire ______, leaving a power vacuum in Europe.

During this period, the discovery of gold in the Arabian Desert helps ignite new innovations in ______.

Gaiseric, known as the ‘______,’ chief of the tribe of Germanic warriors.

The empress of Rome, Licina Eudoxia, is kidnapped by Gaiseric, but the Roman Empire remains ______.

Eudoxia will spend the next ______ years at Gaiseric’s side.

The Vandals are educated and skilled in warfare, not ______.

As Rome disintegrates, barbarian ______ seize their opportunity.

Visigoths seize what is now ______.

With the collapse of ______, Europe reverts to a state of war, famine, and savagery.

From the frozen North: the ______.