Legal Codes Review

Who was Hammurabi? 

• Hammurabi was a God in Ancient Sumer
• Hammurabi was the King of Babylon
• Hammurabi was a warrior
• Hammurabi was a farmer in Mesopotamia

Hammurabi's Code was composed of how many laws?

• 282
• 192
• 292
• 495

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

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

A kind of writing used in Sumer and Babylonia is called

• handwriting
• cursive
• cuneiform
• graffiti

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

According to Table I, if you are called to court...

• Answer the telephone call

• You must go, or you will will be brought in by force

• Go or don't go, hakuna matata!

What were the first written laws of Ancient Rome called?

• The code of Hammurabi.

• The Bible.

• The Torah.

• The Twelve Tables

Who was protected under the Twelve Tables?

• Patricians

• Plebeians

• All the citizens of Ancient Rome

• Etruscans

Prior to the Twelve Tables, Who was protected under the non-written laws of Ancient Rome?

• Patricians

• Plebeians

• All the citizens of Ancient Rome

• Etruscans