Exam (elaborations) FSE 112

"Folk Way of Living" - ANSIt is the manner of which groups of people held together by ties of blood, religion, and ethnic background have become dispersed and scattered throughout cities and across the country. These still hold together with sufficient strength to keep many customs intact. 1882 - ANSfounding of NFDA (National Funeral Directors Association) 1890 - ANSThe term casket became popular around the year___ 1909 - ANSThe first motorized vehicles for the hearse production were seen around the year___ 1909 - ANSWhen was the first motorized limousine first developed for use? Approximately the year___. A.D. Fisk - ANSInvented the Metal coffin in 1848 Allen Durfee - ANSthe pioneer funeral director and embalming fluid inventor; helped found NFDA American Board of Funeral Service Education - ANSThe agency charged with developing curriculum and accreditation standards for funeral service education programs in the United States. An interesting advantage that a sexton had over his competitors when practicing undertaking was: - ANShad a monopoly over the church's cemetery Anne - ANSThe vogue of black was given a powerful boost in 1498, when black was substituted for white by ___, the widow of Charles VII of France. Anne, widow of Charles VII of France - ANSfirst famous person to substitute black for white at funerals Anthropomorphic - ANSshaped like "a man" Anubis - ANSEgyptian god of embalming and the dead August Renouard - ANSOpened the Rochester School of Embalming in the late 1800s Barber surgeons - ANSEarly practitioners who cut hair, shaved, and performed bloodletting and dentistry Bubonic Plague - ANSaka "The Black Death", plagues that killed 60% of Europe in the Middle Ages