History of Mortuary Science- Test 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

History of Mortuary Science- Test 1
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Animism - CORRECT ANSWER - Ancient belief that all things have a spirit



Customs - CORRECT ANSWER - Tradition-dictated social behaviors



Taboo - CORRECT ANSWER - A prohibition arising from social custom



Suttee - CORRECT ANSWER - An Indian practice in which a widow jumps onto the
funeral pyre as her husband is being cremated.


Ra/ Amun-Ra - CORRECT ANSWER - Egyptian sun god



Osiris - CORRECT ANSWER - Egyptian god of the underworld



Isis - CORRECT ANSWER - Egyptian fertility goddess, wife/sister of Osiris



Anubis - CORRECT ANSWER - Egyptian god of embalming/dead



Set - CORRECT ANSWER - Egyptian god of chaos and evil



Thoth - CORRECT ANSWER - Egyptian god of wisdom



Ma'at - CORRECT ANSWER - Egyptian goddess of justice and truth

, Horus - CORRECT ANSWER - Egyptian god of Earth, protector of mankind



Cult of Osiris - CORRECT ANSWER - Ancient Egyptian embalmer/priests



Ba - CORRECT ANSWER - Egyptian; gathered things for the afterlife. Human headed
bird


Akhu (Yakhu) - CORRECT ANSWER - Egyptian; waited in Duat for the body, closest
thing to a soul


Ka - CORRECT ANSWER - Egyptian; demanded tribute from the living



Name - CORRECT ANSWER - Linked other parts in Egyptian beliefs



Heart - CORRECT ANSWER - Egyptians believed it was the seat of intellect



Circle of Necessity - CORRECT ANSWER - Egyptian, 3000 year journey to Duat



Shabti - CORRECT ANSWER - Worker statues placed in Egyptian tombs



Herodotus - CORRECT ANSWER - Greek "father of history" who recorded the Egyptian's
history


Ethiopian Stone - CORRECT ANSWER - Obsidian knife



Canopic Jars - CORRECT ANSWER - Ceremonial Egyptian viscera jars



Ker-heb - CORRECT ANSWER - Priest of the Cult of Osiris