Ancient Egypt Quiz

What was the name of the sun god in Egypt?

• Osiris

• Isis

• Ra

• Set

Ancient Egypt had more than one female pharaoh.

• True

• Fales

Which ancient Egyptian practice BEST reflects the rights of women under Egyptian law?

• Women were required to marry

• Women were not allowed to work outside the home

• Women had legal control over their children

• Women were allowed to own property in their own name

She was the first woman to rule Egypt in her own right.

• Hatshepsut

• Isis

• Nefertiti

• Cleopatra

Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, and other treasures?

• the tombs served as museums

• the tombs were the private storage rooms of the pharaoh

• Egyptians believed tombs to be the safest places in the kingdom

• Egyptians believed the dead enjoyed such materials in the afterlife

Pharaohs of Egypt were buried with lots of treasure and supplies

• True

• False

What was the role of scribes in ancient Egypt?

• they planted seeds and harvested grain

• the fought in military battles

• they produced writings

• the made laws

Egypt’s great pyramids were constructed during the...

• Old Kingdom

• First Intermediate Period

• Middle Kingdom

• New Kingdom

Which pharaoh tried to give Egypt a new religion?

• Tutankhamen
• Akhenaton
• Thutmose III
• Ahmose

He lived to be one of the oldest pharaohs ever and helped write the first peace treaty in recorded history.

• Hatshepsut

• Akhenaten

• Ramses II

• Amenhotep III