Political Structures2

The Code of Hammurabi and Chinese legalism both rely on the idea that

• governments must provide their people with rights
• harsh laws are needed to control society
•  Women, children and slaves
  
• religion and government must be brought closer together

If a man has destroyed the eye of a freeman, his own eye shall be destroyed. • If a man has knocked out the teeth of a man of the same rank, his own teeth shall be knocked out. These rules are based on the

• Analects of Confucius
• Ten Commandments
• Code of Hammurabi
• Koran (Qur’an)

Hammurabi’s Code, the Ten Commandments, and the Twelve Tables were all significant to theirs societies because they established

• democratic governments
• official religions
• rules of behavior
• economic systems

The Code of Hammurabi and the Twelve Tables were designed to

• create a stable society
• promote peaceful relations with other cultures
• provide a framework for the development of democracy
• emphasize the importance of life after death

The Code of Hammurabi was a major contribution to the development of civilization because it

• treated citizens and slaves equally
• ended all physical punishment
• recorded existing laws for all to see
• rejected the principle of filial piety

Hammurabi’s code of laws and Qin dynasty legalism are similar in that both promoted the idea that

• worship of leaders will maintain the power of an empire
• worship of leaders will maintain the power of an empire
• equality of the people is the most important goal of government
• harsh punishments for crimes will lead to a more orderly society

What form of government is ruled by the land-owning elites?

• Monarchy
• Oligarchy
•  Aristocracy
• Democracy

Why was Athens a limited democracy?

• Because everyone voted
• Because it didn’t allow women, slaves and foreigners to vote.
• Because only the merchant class could vote
• Because it was for a limited time only.

Oligarchy was a form of government that was made of:

• Kings, queens and their descendents
• Traders, merchants and landowners
• Soldiers, nobles and landowners
• Women, children and slaves
  

The 4 elements of citizenship are:

• writes, wrongs, loyalism,& red bull
• rites, loyalties, requirements & realities
• rights, responsibilities, loyalties, & requirements
• rules, rights, regulars,& lefties