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WorksheetsHammurabi for $500
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
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1.
Who was Hammurabi?
a)
Hammurabi was a God in Ancient Sumer
b)
Hammurabi was the King of Babylon
c)
Hammurabi was a warrior
2.
What does the bolded phrase in the sentence mean : The purpose of the laws was to unify and maintain order.
a)
keep the peace
b)
punish people
c)
organize people
3.
How did Hammurabi come to rule over all of Mesopotamia?
a)
He was the king of Babylon
b)
His father left him the land
c)
He conquered and united all of Mesopotamia
4.
Hammurabi's Code was composed of how many laws?
a)
282
b)
192
c)
292
5.
Who did Hammurabi claim encouraged him to create the laws?
a)
The people of Babylon
b)
The Gods
c)
The Akkadians
6.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
a)
a story of Babylon's creation
b)
it is the language of Ancient Sumer
c)
it is a collection of written laws and rules
7.
What did Hammurabi do with the code of laws to make sure everyone knew of them?
a)
He had them carved on stele and placed in the temple
b)
He put the code in front of the government buildings
c)
He placed them at the entrance of Babylon
8.
What did Hammurabi do with the code of laws to make sure everyone knew of them?
a)
He had them carved on stele and placed in the temple
b)
He put the code in front of the government buildings
c)
He placed them at the entrance of Babylon
9.
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 nocked 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?
--Code of Hammurabi
Which statement is best supported by this excerpt from Hammurabi's code of laws?
a)
Law sometimes distinguishes between social classes.
b)
All men are equal under the law.
c)
Violence must always be punished with violence.
d)
Fines are preferable to physical punishment.
10.
Hammurabi's code is a famous system of laws because it ...
a)
is thought to be one of the earliest written set of laws
b)
led directly to the development of democracy
c)
had such lenient punishments
d)
was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's first insurrection
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