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WorksheetsLSE GT: Hammurabi, Ancient Mesopotamia & Cuneiform
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 25mins
What is Hammurabi famous for?
He was the first to use cuneiform (writing)
He was the first emperor.
He had a powerful army.
He was the first to produce written laws.
What is cuneiform?
It is the earliest form of writing.
An early language of the Babylonians.
The big black stone where the code was written.
Hammurabi's language.
How would you describe his laws?
They are all fair and balanced.
Some are fair, but most are very harsh by our modern standards.
They are all too lenient (easy on the offender)
They are all very confusing and complicated.
land located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Assyrian Empire
city-state
Fertile Crescent
Sumer
Which of the following is NOT related to irrigation?
ditches
dams
canals
roads
The few people in ancient times who could read and write were called __________.
rulers
stelas
scribes
ziggurats
Which countries exist today in the area that was ancient Mesopotamia?
Turkey
Assyria, Babylon and Sumeria
Egypt and other parts of Africa
Iraq and parts of Iran, Syria and Turkey
Even though very few people could read, the Babylonian King Hammurabi ordered that his laws be displayed where all the people could see them. These laws, called the Code of Hammurabi, were written on _________.
clay tablets
papyrus scrolls
a tall rock called a stele
the walls of his palace
The Fertile Crescent was ideal for farming.
True
False
Who was Hammurabi?
Hammurabi was a God in Ancient Sumer
Hammurabi was the King from Mesopotamia
Hammurabi was a warrior
Hammurabi was a farmer from Mesopotamia
What is Hammurabi famous for?
He was the first to use cuneiform (writing)
He was the first emperor.
He had a powerful army.
He was the first to produce WRITTEN laws.
A kind of writing used in Mesopotamia is called...
handwriting
cursive
cuneiform
graffiti
According to law 195 in Hammurabi's Code, if a boy strikes his father...
His father does not care
The boy must do push ups
The boy must tend to the crops for a year
The boy gets his hand cut off
if a man breaks the arm of another man, then...
He gets his nose broken
He has to go fishing with the wounded man
his arm shall be broken
He has to apologize and buy the man bubble gum
If a builder builds a house for someone and that house collapses killing them...
then the builder shall be put to death.
then the builder shall build a new house for that person.
then the builder shall cook that person dinner for a year.
then the builder's hands will be cut off.
If a man put out the eye of another man...
his arm shall be cut off.
his nose shall be cut off.
his ear shall be cut off.
his eye shall be put out.
