Mesopotamia

Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?

• Gilgamesh
• Hammurabi
• Nineveh
• Sargon

Babylonian leader who created the first written code of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life

• Gilgamesh
• Sargon
• Hammurabi 
• Sumer

Which of the following is  NOT true of Hammurabi's code?

• It covered many aspects of Babylonian life, not just crimes.
• t was used by many later civilizations as a model
• It treated all people the same under the law.
• It was carved in stone.

One way in which the Code of Hammurabi, the Twelve Tables, and Justinian's Code are similar is that each

• provided records of economic activity
• legalized monotheistic beliefs
• established legal standards
• supported republican governments

If a man has knocked out the teeth of a man of the same rank, his own teeth shall be knocked out.  If he has nocked out the teeth of a plebeian (commoner), he shall pay one-third of a mina of silver."
--Code of Hammurabi
Which statement is best supported by this excerpt from Hammurabi's code of laws?

• Law sometimes distinguishes between social classes.
• All men are equal under the law.
• Violence must always be punished with violence.
• Fines are preferable to physical punishment.

Which geographic feature did the earliest civilization in Egypt, India and China have in common?

• mountains that provided protection from invasion
• rivers that increased the fertility of the land by flooding
• vast forests that supplied lumber for building
• tropical climates that included monsoons

The ancient Sumerians modified their environment to increase food production by 

• building terraces
• removing rain forests
• digging irrigation canals
• developing chinamaps

What does the bolded phrase in the sentence mean :  The purpose of the laws was to unify and maintain order. 

• keep the peace
• punish people
• organize people

How did Hammurabi come to rule over all of Mesopotamia? 

• He was the king of Babylon
• His father left him the land 
• He conquered and united all of Mesopotamia

Hammurabi's Code was composed of how many laws?

• 282
• 192
• 292