WHAT’S YOUR CIV-Q (Civilization Quotient)?

Come back on November 1, 2005 for the answers to this quiz as well the next quiz: What’s Your SPIR-Q (Spirituality Quotient)?

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1. Most humans in the world continued to live in a primitive hunter-gather community until about 1,000 years ago.
          True       False

2. After the last ice age ended about 10,000 years ago, milder climatic conditions allowed humans to live in permanent settlements centered on agriculture.
          True       False

3. The cultivation of plants, the domestication of animals, and war were some of the earliest activities of civilization.
          True       False

4. The earliest great civilizations, including the Mayans, the Sumerians, and the Egyptians, were adept at using celestial navigation to predict seasons and improve agricultural output.
          True       False

5. Evidence suggests that about 6,000 years ago, the Egyptians were the first people to use a calendar for timekeeping.
          True       False

6. About 3,000 years ago in the Middle East, the Sumerians were the first to use both written language and mathematics.
          True       False

7. Introduced by Moses about 1200 BC, the Ten Commandments were the earliest evidence of religious beliefs.
          True       False

8. The three major western religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) arose from their spiritual leaders’ mystical experiences in the deserts of the Middle East.
          True       False

9. Most civilizations have collapsed for similar reasons, such as lack of water, inadequate protein for the masses, desertification of cropland, political corruption, economic inequality, social unrest, violence, and war.
          True       False

10.Other animals such as chimpanzees and marine mammals maintain social structures that appear to be just as complex and advanced as human civilization.
          True       False

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For a brief overview of the evolution and current state of civilization, see Chapter 5 of “The Richest of Fare: Seeking Spiritual Security in the Sonoran Desert” by Phyllis Strupp.

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