What Is Mummification?

A process to keep a body from decaying

How did mummification impact the world?

It Created the first medical specialists

Why did Egyptians mummify their dead?

Prepared the person for the afterlife

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1
What Is Mummification?
The method Egyptians used to build the pyramids
Egyptian schools that taught hieroglyphics
The afterlife according to ancient Egytpians
A process to keep a body from decaying
2
Which organ did the Egyptians leave in the body?
Heart
Brain
Lungs
Liver
3
How did mummification impact the world?
It was enviromentally friendly
It was the beginnings of religion
It Created the first medical specialists
It Provided new and good jobs
4
The mummification process did NOT include which of the following
Applying special salts
Removing bones
Removing the organs
Wrapping in linen
5
The process of preserving a body is also known as
Labotomy
Autopsy
Calligraphy
Embalming
6
Pyramids were used as...
Fortresses
Pharaoh's Palaces
Tombs
Temples
7
In ancient Egypt, ________ people knew how to read or write.
All
Few
Many
None
8
Pyramids represented...
The abundance of stone
The importance of a person
The influence of the Israelites
The influence of alien cultures
9
Which Egyptian writing would be used to keep quick, daily records?
Sanskrit
Hieratic
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
10
Hieroglyphics were symbols that represented...
Sentences
Sounds
Words
Ideas
11
Egyptians built pyramids for how much of their 4000 year empire?
About 2000 years
All 4000 years
About 1250 years
About 500 years
12
What symbol in Egyptian writing would indicate a person's name?
Diamond
Demotic
Circle
Cartouche
13
Which person would be most likely to learn to read/write?
The son of a successful farmer
The daughter of a priest
A young, wealthy boy
The wife of a businessman
14
Why did Egyptians mummify their dead?
Allowed visitors to pay their respects
They had too much too linen
Allowed Egyptians to show off their wealth
Prepared the person for the afterlife
15
One of the biggest impacts of hieroglyphics was...
It was the first written language
Allowed communication with other cultures
Created beautiful artwork
Recorded history
16
Which of the following surfaces was hieroglyphics not written on?
Clothing
Cartouches
Tomb walls
Papyrus
17
The majority of pyramid builders were....
Slaves
Architects
Stone masons
Farmers

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Ancient Egypt

17 termsStudBud Administration317 plays

An introduction into life in ancient Egypt

Flashcards17 cardsFPractice quizPHost liveL

Questions 17

Answers

1
What Is Mummification?
The method Egyptians used to build the pyramids
Egyptian schools that taught hieroglyphics
The afterlife according to ancient Egytpians
A process to keep a body from decaying
2
Which organ did the Egyptians leave in the body?
Heart
Brain
Lungs
Liver
3
How did mummification impact the world?
It was enviromentally friendly
It was the beginnings of religion
It Created the first medical specialists
It Provided new and good jobs
4
The mummification process did NOT include which of the following
Applying special salts
Removing bones
Removing the organs
Wrapping in linen
5
The process of preserving a body is also known as
Labotomy
Autopsy
Calligraphy
Embalming
6
Pyramids were used as...
Fortresses
Pharaoh's Palaces
Tombs
Temples
7
In ancient Egypt, ________ people knew how to read or write.
All
Few
Many
None
8
Pyramids represented...
The abundance of stone
The importance of a person
The influence of the Israelites
The influence of alien cultures
9
Which Egyptian writing would be used to keep quick, daily records?
Sanskrit
Hieratic
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
10
Hieroglyphics were symbols that represented...
Sentences
Sounds
Words
Ideas
11
Egyptians built pyramids for how much of their 4000 year empire?
About 2000 years
All 4000 years
About 1250 years
About 500 years
12
What symbol in Egyptian writing would indicate a person's name?
Diamond
Demotic
Circle
Cartouche
13
Which person would be most likely to learn to read/write?
The son of a successful farmer
The daughter of a priest
A young, wealthy boy
The wife of a businessman
14
Why did Egyptians mummify their dead?
Allowed visitors to pay their respects
They had too much too linen
Allowed Egyptians to show off their wealth
Prepared the person for the afterlife
15
One of the biggest impacts of hieroglyphics was...
It was the first written language
Allowed communication with other cultures
Created beautiful artwork
Recorded history
16
Which of the following surfaces was hieroglyphics not written on?
Clothing
Cartouches
Tomb walls
Papyrus
17
The majority of pyramid builders were....
Slaves
Architects
Stone masons
Farmers