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WorksheetsHammurabi's Code
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins
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Class
Date
1.
Hammurabi's laws are separated into three different types of law: Family law, property law and ...........
a)
Personal injury
b)
Small claims
c)
Paternity
d)
Jude
2.
Who was Hammurabi?
a)
Hammurabi was a God in Ancient Sumer
b)
Hammurabi was the King of Babylon
c)
Hammurabi was a warrior
d)
Hammurabi was a farmer in Mesopotamia
3.
Hammurabi's Code was composed of how many laws?
a)
282
b)
192
c)
292
d)
495
4.
Who did Hammurabi claim encouraged him to create the laws?
a)
The people of Babylon
b)
The Gods
c)
The Akkadians
d)
The summerians
5.
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
d)
He had someone shout them out to everyone in the kingdom
6.
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
d)
He asked politely
7.
What is monotheism?
a)
The belief in one God
b)
The belief in many gods
8.
Then Anu and Bel called by name me, Hammurabi, the exalted prince, who feared God, to bring about the rule of righteousness in the land
a)
Equality
b)
Kindness
c)
Justice
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 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?
--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.
Which of the following is NOT true of Hammurabi's code?
a)
It covered many aspects of Babylonian life, not just crimes.
b)
it was used by many later civilizations as a model
c)
It treated all people the same under the law.
d)
It was carved in stone.
11.
A kind of writing used in Sumer and Babylonia is called
a)
handwriting
b)
cursive
c)
cuneiform
d)
graffiti
12.
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
13.
1. How many years ago did Hammurabi live?
a)
5,000
b)
3,000
c)
4,000
d)
2,000
14.
2. How many years did Hammurabi rule for?
a)
30 yrs
b)
40 yrs
c)
50 yrs
d)
4,000 yrs
15.
In Greek, this means "between the rivers".....
a)
Babylonia
b)
Cuneiform
c)
Mesopotamia
d)
Stele
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