WorksheetsEgypt and Mummies
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 38mins
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Class
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1.
Place the following events in sequence:
A. A body is washed in Natron
B. A body is wrapped up in bandages.
C. A body's internal organs are removed.
A. A body is washed in Natron
B. A body is wrapped up in bandages.
C. A body's internal organs are removed.
a)
A, B, C
b)
C, B, A
c)
B, C, A
d)
A, C, B
2.
What might you find in canopic jars?
a)
A mummy's ka
b)
A mummy's internal organs
c)
A mummy's posessions
d)
A mummy's limbs
3.
According to ancient Egyptian beliefs, what might happen to a body if it's not preserved after death?
a)
The spirit would lose it's identity in the afterlife.
b)
The spirit would not enter the afterlife.
c)
The spirit would be sent to an afterlife of pain and suffering.
d)
The spirit would be forced to roam the earth.
4.
After the mummification process was complete, the mummy was placed in an elaborately decorated sarcophagus. What was a sarcophagus?
a)
a grave
b)
a pyramid
c)
a jar
d)
a coffin
5.
What organ is left inside your body when the other organs are taken out?
a)
Lungs
b)
Kidneys
c)
Heart
d)
Stomach
6.
The priest wears a mask of what Egyptian god while embalming a body?
a)
Osiris
b)
Ra
c)
Anubis
d)
Isis
7.
What is the name of the salt used to dry out a body?
a)
Kosher
b)
Table
c)
Rock
d)
Natron
8.
What materials is used to wrap an Egyptian mummy?
a)
Cotton
b)
Linen
c)
Leather
d)
Concrete
9.
In the afterlife, what is your heart supposed to be weighed against?
a)
The Book of the Dead
b)
The Feather of Honesty
c)
The Dead Sea Scrolls
d)
The Feather of Truth
10.
Why did the ancient Egyptians place the favorite belongings of the pharaoh in his tomb?
a)
So no other human would ever use them
b)
To keep thieves from stealing them
c)
To prevent his servants from stealing them
d)
So they could be used by the pharaoh in the next life
11.
The goal of mummification was to
a)
Make sure the body decayed
b)
Preserve the body and achieve immortality
c)
Become one with the universe
d)
None of the above
12.
This organ was considered useless so it was removed and thrown away
a)
Brain
b)
Heart
c)
Liver
d)
Stomach
13.
What river runs through Egypt?
a)
Red River
b)
Mediterranean River
c)
Mississippi River
d)
Nile River
14.
What Continent is Egypt on?
a)
North America
b)
Africa
c)
Europe
d)
Asia
15.
What are the seas that boarder Egypt?
a)
Red and Mediterranean
b)
Red and Tigris
c)
Euphrates and Red
d)
Tigris and Euphrates
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