History of Funeral Service JK

What killed an estimated 25 million Europeans during the Middle Ages?

This culture practiced a form of embalming similar to the ancient Egyptians

Who was the individual in Rome who summoned participants to a public funeral?

What is the second step of the most expensive Egyptian embalming?

Which is an upright slab of stone covered in carvings?

Who discovered formaldehyde

Who patented the trocar in 1868?

Momento mori is what

Mythical creature who protected the River Styx in Ancient Greek culture.

Who was the Greek historian known as the “Father of History”?

Egyptian burial receptacles that were massive in size

These were developed due to the fear of premature burial.

Who usually held their funerals at night

This was the role usually assumed by women that was the predecessor to the undertaker in the U.S.

The use of 6 pallbearers may be traced back to which ancient people?

The American Civil War was the catalyst for large scale embalming practices in the United States.

What was the fee paid to insure entrance of the decedent’s soul into heaven?

The “Father of Embalming” who refined techniques of arterial injection.

These items were utilized by the Egyptians to hold specific portions of the viscera of the dead.

Who is the Roman goddess of corpses and funerals?

Which is the oldest and largest national funeral service organization in the world?

What is the first step in the most expensive embalming process in Ancient Egypt

Early American coffin/casket makers were generally cabinet makers and carpenters that built these items at need.

What was the early Roman view of the afterlife where the soul was a vital principle

An outer enclosure for caskets placed in the grave is called a

This tradition started with the ancient Hebrew practice of sitting with the dead to ward off premature burial

In Ancient Egyptian thought, this element of the body is compared to one’s “guardian angel”

The Cult of Dionysus is associated with which of the following cultures?

What is the process of cleansing in the Catholic faith called?

In ancient Egypt, the priest was also referred to as the

French chemist who developed early embalming methods including through the carotid arteries

Who was a bringer of evil often depicted with a skull for a head and body with bare ribs?

Innovation introduced to square sided caskets that reduced excess space an weight, particularly of metal caskets

The practice/belief of draining a quantity of blood to cure illness/disease.

The historic term for funeral procession is

Which of the following came first

Portable table on which a body was placed with the corpse cooler was in use.

Which of these terms means “burial outside the walls of the city”?

Which is an upright slab of stone covered in stucco?

The Hebrew/Jewish civilization believes in burial before sundown on the same day of death

What natural occurring substance was utilized in Egyptian embalming?

The concept of heaven in ancient Greece

Embalming is a(n) ____________ solution to decomposition.

Name given to the vehicle used to transport mortuary paraphernalia to homes where funerals were held.

Which is a tomb similar to a mausoleum found in modern cemeteries?

Organization whose primary focus is cremation issues in the funeral service industry?

The percentage of Egyptians prepared by the inexpensive method of embalming

What is considered the first era of human history?

Municipally appointed job in Colonial America whose job was to notify people of a death.

President Ulysses S. Grant was buried in this type of casket.

Anthropoid means human shaped.

Another term for the Middle Ages

Which of the following religious groups believes in resurrection and reunification with the Divine

Originally a framework of wood used to hold candles and decorations placed on the coffin

A handheld mechanism used to apply a continuous flow of embalming fluid is call a(n)

Joel Crandall is credited with developing this modern treatment for trauma cases.

Which organization creates the national board tests that students take upon completion of mortuary school?

Mystery Cults were beliefs of the ancient Greeks and Oriental East that emphasized spiritual aspects of the afterlife

Which ancient culture practiced immersing a body in jars filled with honey or wax

Who provided services directly to the public, organizing and facilitating funeral details as a profession?

This law required that certain material be substituted for linen in the shroud and lining of the coffin.

Libitina and Libitinarius are associated with which of the following early cultures?

Peasants were also known as

Sextons were in charge of church property

Receptacles that were patented in the early 19th century that gained popular appeal were known as also-rans

Airtight metallic coffin with glass facial viewing area designed to improve the ability to preserve the body

Which of the following terms best describes the name of the ancient Roman embalmers

From 1540 to 1745 in London, the Barber-Surgeon was the sole agency permitted to embalm a body.

Which agency is concerned with the curriculum and accreditation for funeral service education programs in the U.S.?

Geographic area that is considered the cradle of civilization

Extreme drying of a deceased body is known as

According to ancient Egyptian history, how many years did it take to complete the “Circle of Necessity”?

In ancient Egyptian thought, who was the god of embalming?

The most common form of disposition in early Scandinavia was

The Cult of Osiris identified with which early civilization?

Native Americans ( Hopewell People) practiced mound burials

Who is the ancient Egyptian god of the underworld?

Which was the original motivation for the development of outer burial containers

The element of the body considered to be the “shining one” or personality in ancient Egyptian thought

Which ancient culture is credited with the concept of cremation?

Which of the following supplies the merchandise and supplies to funeral undertakers who are dealing with the public?

Body snatchers were also known as

What was a symbol of resurrection for the Ancient Chinese?

The forerunner of today’s hearse was the bier

The basis of the Incan religion was the worship of the sun.

Leonardo Di Vinci drew anatomical diagrams based on the use of cadavers and also painted “The Last Supper”.

Burial trends in the Middle Ages were influenced by the

Bar-like decoration still visible on hearses today

Who is considered the father of MODERN embalming?

What were the secular or physical reasons that embalming developed in ancient Egypt?

What is the term for the Viking spiritual hereafter?

Jewish funeral customs were noted for their extravagance

Who was the sun god in ancient Egypt?

Trade embalmers provided embalming to funeral homes who did not have trained embalmers.

Disposition of human remains without any rites or ceremonies is called

What is the title for the head undertaker in Rome

The Designator in Ancient Rome was the

The occupation of undertaker appeared in the first half of the 19th century