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Egyptian Afterlife and Mummification

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where do they put your organs in?

a)

The floor

b)

oven to be cooked

c)

Canopic jar

d)

back in your body

2.

How many layers does it take to wrap the body around?

a)

20 layers

b)

60 layers

c)

40 layers

d)

10 layers

3.

What is the large stone coffin they put the body in called?

a)

Sarcophagus.

b)

A coffin

c)

A building

d)

A bunker

4.

How many days after their death is their funeral?

a)

70

b)

30

c)

10

d)

90

5.
When someone died in Egypt, the body was given to a team of ______________.
a)
embalmers
b)
scientist
c)
archaeologist
6.
True or False: The Egyptians believed in immortality.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
True or False: Mummies were buried with their favorite objects and tools.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
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
9.
The Egyptians mummified the body because they believed 
a)
Their soul needed it
b)
The gods needed it
c)
The body was going to resurrect in the next life
d)
It was required by law
10.
The only organ left in the body was the ______ it was believed to be the center of intelligence
a)
Brain
b)
Heart
c)
Liver
d)
Stomach
11.
What was the special salt used to dry the body during mummification
a)
Sea
b)
Morton
c)
Natron
d)
Iodized
12.
What are these?
a)
Pieces of Toblerone
b)
The Pyramids
c)
The Sphinx
d)
Pompeii
13.

What did people believe the pharaoh was?

a)

a skilled warrior

b)

Artist

c)

A living god

d)

the cursed

14.
The large stone coffin that holds the other wooden coffins is called a
a)
Shaduf
b)
Shenti
c)
Masoleum
d)
Sarcophagus
15.
How many days did the body sit in Natron before it was rinsed again with water from the Nile?
a)
65
b)
70
c)
20
d)
40
16.

How many layers of your wrapping will it take to wrap you up?

a)

50

b)

10

c)

20

d)

33

17.

your tomb is safe once you are buried

a)

true

b)

false

18.

What is Linen?

a)

Cloth

b)

Portrait

c)

Food

d)

none of the above

19.
 person's soul is weighed against this to see if it is free of sin
a)
Feather of Guilt
b)
Feather if Innocense
c)
Feather of Truth
d)
Feather of Ignorance
20.

The jackal headed God of mummification would lead your soul to the scales where he would weigh your heart against the Feather of Truth

a)

Osiris

b)

Anubis

c)

Ra

d)

Mummy

21.

This God of the Underworld is also the one who makes the final judgement. (He was also known as the first mummy after being killed by his brother Set)

a)

Anubis

b)

Osiris

c)

Snefru

d)

Ra

22.

This part hippo, lion (sometimes leopard depending on the myth) and crocodile would eat your heart if you lived a "bad life"

a)

Anubis

b)

Ammut

c)

Set

d)

Bastet

23.

This Ibis (it's a bird) headed god was the God of the Scribes and knowledge but also recorded the results of the weighing of the heart against the Feather of Truth

a)

Anubis

b)

Thoth

c)

Set

d)

Osiris

24.

The pyramids were built as tombs for the pharaohs?

a)

True

b)

false

25.
King Sneferu built how many pyramids in total?
a)
5
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
26.
What is the name of the place for embalming?
a)
Wabet
b)
Temple
c)
Pyramid
d)
Papyrus
27.
These were one story buildings used to bury the dead in Egypt:
a)
Papyrus
b)
Mastaba
c)
Sphinx
d)
Step Pyramid
28.
This pyramid was the first Egyptian pyramid:
a)
The Great Pyramid
b)
The Red Pyramid
c)
The Meidum Pyramid
d)
The Step Pyramid
29.
This was the first pyramid attempted by Sneferu and it failed miserably when the outer shell of the pyramid collapsed:
a)
The Meidum Pyramid
b)
The Step Pyramid
c)
The Red Pyramid
d)
The Great Pyramid
30.
This pharaoh was buried in the Great pyramid:
a)
Khufu
b)
Sneferu
c)
Zoser
d)
Imhotep
31.

Egypt was originally divided into which two regions?

a)

Old and New

b)

North and South

c)

Upper and Lower

d)

The Valley and the Nile

32.

Sneferu was a Pharaoh during which time period?

a)

Old Kingdom

b)

Middle Kingdom

c)

New Kingdom

33.

Khufu was a Pharaoh during which time period?

a)

Old Kingdom

b)

Middle Kingdom

c)

New Kingdom

34.

The Age of Pyramid Building began during which time period?

a)

Old Kingdom

b)

Middle Kingdom

c)

New Kingdom

35.

According the Myth of Osiris, the flooding of the Nile comes from

a)

A waterfall created by Ra

b)

Rains from the Ethiopian Highlands

c)

The tears of Isis mourning her husband

d)

Underground springs opened by Anubis

36.
A series of rulers from the same family is called a.....
a)
dynasty
b)
series
c)
Kingdom
d)
empire
37.
What was a MAJOR purpose for building the pyramids?
a)
temples for religious worship
b)
storehouses for reserves of grain
c)
homes for the pharaohs' servants
d)
tombs for pharaohs when they died
38.

Who was the first pharaoh and leader who united the Kingdoms of Egypt?

a)

Hatshepsut

b)

Narmer (also known as Menes)

c)

Ramses II

d)

Seth (also known as Osiris)

39.

To properly honor the dead, burials were supposed to be on this side of the Nile River

a)

North

b)

East

c)

South

d)

West

40.

The first ever known cartouche belonged to

a)

Sneferu

b)

Narmer

c)

Osiris

d)

Khufu

41.

The first large stone structure was the ________________________ built by King Djoser

a)

Eiffel Tower

b)

Great Pyramid of Giza

c)

Step Pyramid

d)

Mastaba de Mufasa

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