WHI SOL Reporting Category 6 - Civics + Economics

Who was responsible for the first codification of law in Babylon (Mesopotamia)?

• Gilgamesh

• Hammurabi

• Draco

• Xerxes

A social characteristic of early civilizations is having dynasties of kings or pharaohs in which rule is passed from father to son. Another name for this is

• Law codes

• Religion

• Hereditary rulers

• Agriculture

Most early civilizations had a rigid class system in which _______ was accepted.

• The Internet

• Slavery

• Trans-Atlantic Sea Trading

• Piracy

One of the earliest HEBREW law codes was called...

• The Code of Harambe

• The Code of Justinian

• The Ten Commandments

• The Last Supper

Cities in the river valleys have an increasing agricultural _____________________ (more than enough food) because of better tools, plows, and irrigation techniques

• Surplus

• Minus

• Addage

• Lesson

Who could be Greek citizens

• Free adult males
• Free men and women
• Slaves and Women
• Free Adult males and Foreigners 

Who went through stages of government including a Monarchy -> Aristocracy -> Tyranny -> Democracy

• Athens
• Sparta

True or False: Citizens in Athens were required to vote and participate in government and attend public debates.

• True

• False

There were two major social classes in ancient Rome. The ________ were wealthy and well born and the ________ were the poorer members of society.

• Patricians, Plebeians

• Plebs, Patricians

• Phoenicians, Christians

• Romans, Gauls

What was the major codification of Roman law?

• The Code of Hammurabi

• The Twelve Tables

• The Ten Commandments

• The Four Noble Truths