Mesopotamia's Empires Reassessment

Hammurabi was king of what empire?

• Akkadian

• Babylonian

• Amorites

• Assyrian

Which statement is true about Hammurabi's code?

• People of different social classes are treated differently.

• Punishments were only payment of fines.

• Adults were less valuable than children.

• All people were treated equally.

Over which of the following groups was Sargon the ruler?

• Akkadians

• Babylonians

• Egyptians

• Assyrians

For what achievement is Sargon best known? 

• Building the Hanging Gardens for his wife

• Creating the world's first empire

• Inventing peanut butter

• Creating the first code of laws

What is the chronological order (oldest to newest) of the four Mesopotamian Empires that we studied?

• Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian

• Akkadian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian

• Assyrian, Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian, Akkadian

• Assyrian, Babylonian, Akkadian, Neo-Babylonian

One reason Hammurabi's code is famous is that

• it was the first set of laws recorded in writing

• it was written in a sophisticated code that took years for historians to translate

• it was beautifully written on a single giant stone of polished basalt

• it was the first set of laws to rhyme to help people remember them

Which modern idiom refers to Hammurabi's Code?

• An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth

• It's raining cats and dogs.

• Break a leg!

• The wisdom of an old man brings wealth.