Quiz on the Code of Hammurabi

What was the purpose of the Code of Hammurabi?

• To provide entertainment

• To unify and govern the Babylonian Empire

• To teach literacy

• To record historical events

Who wrote the Code of Hammurabi?

• King Hammurabi

• Scribes

• The god Shamash

• Priests

Where was the Code of Hammurabi displayed?

• Inside temples

• On a large stone stele in a public place

• In the king’s palace

• In scrolls kept in archives

When was the Code of Hammurabi written?

• 1200 BC

• 2000 BC

• 1754 BC

• 1500 BC

What determined guilt or innocence in Hammurabi’s time?

• Eyewitness accounts

• Divine judgment through the Ordeal

• Written records

• Trial by jury

What material was used to write the Code of Hammurabi?

• Papyrus scrolls

• Clay tablets

• A stone stele

• Bronze plaques

What kind of economy did Babylonia have?

• Industrial

• Agricultural

• Commercial

• Nomadic

What punishment is given for flooding fields by neglecting a dam?

• A fine of one gold mina

• Being sold for money to compensate for the loss

• Public whipping

• Exile

How did social class affect punishments in the Code of Hammurabi?

• Punishments were the same for everyone

• Lower classes received harsher punishments

• Higher classes received harsher punishments

• Punishments depended on the crime, not class

What was the punishment for striking someone of higher rank?

• Death

• Sixty lashes with an ox-whip

• A fine of one gold mina

• Imprisonment