Hammurabi's Code of Laws

Hammurabi's Code has been considered _________ in nature to the laws found in the Old Testament.

• different

• opposite

• similar

• supportive

Hammurabi's Code served as a tool for unifying the expanding empire.

• True

• False

True or False-Hammurabi's Code had an excerpt that states " That the strong may not own the weak"

• True

• False

Hammurabi felt he was given the ____________ to bring righteousness (justice) to the land and destroy the wicked evil doers to protect the weak from the strong.

• power

• authority

• belief

• law

True or False- Referring to the impact of Hammurabi's Code on the economy - If someone's laziness led to the destruction of a dam, they would be help accountable to replace the ruined crops.

• True

• False

Referring to the impact of Hammurabi's Code on the economy -The _____________ would often fit the crime.

• law

• reasoning

• consequences

• beliefs

True or False- Unfortunately the laws concerning forced labor in terms of repaying debts and the conditions upon which marriages could be dissolved were barbaric and completely unfair.

• True

• False

Concerning Hammurabi's Code- Punishments for breaking the laws were not enforced ___________. Those with a higher standing in society had more protection and options to pay fines instead.

• unequally

• equally

• unjustifiably

• encroached

How many laws were in Hammurabi's code?

• 54

• 125

• 282

• 765

What did Hammurabi do with the code of laws to make sure everyone knew of them?

• He had them carved on stele and placed in the temple

• He put the code in front of the government buildings

• He placed them at the entrance of Babylon

• He had someone shout them out to everyone in the kingdom