WorksheetsThe life of hammurabi
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 36mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What the first letter that start with .ammurabi?
a)
H
b)
V
c)
K
d)
C
2.
Who was Hammurabi?
a)
God in Ancient Sumer
b)
emperor of Babylonian Empire
c)
warrior who fought Gilgamesh
d)
scribe known throughout Mesopotamia
3.
Hammurabi said he wrote this code "to bring about the rule of righteousness in the land" What word best defines righteousness in this context?
a)
Kindness
b)
Justice
c)
Equality
d)
Punishment
4.
What did Hammurabi do with the code of laws to make sure everyone knew of them?
a)
He had scribes write and display them for all to see
b)
He required fathers to teach the code to their children
c)
He had teachers make students memorize them
d)
He required priests to pray them to the gods as worship
5.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
a)
story of Babylonian empire's creation by the gods
b)
written language of Babylonian Empire
c)
collection of written laws from the Babylonian Empire
d)
book describing warfare from the Babylonian Empire
6.
A kind of writing used in Sumer and Babylonia is called
a)
handwriting
b)
cursive
c)
cuneiform
d)
graffiti
7.
Whose code had 282 laws?
a)
Samurai's
b)
Zip
c)
Hammurabi's
d)
area
8.
What were the ancient people like in Mesopotamia?
a)
They were a lot like us. Everyone was treated equally.
b)
They believed that the gods gave their kings authority.
c)
They were very unkind and unjust.
d)
They believed in one god.
9.
Which modern idiom refers to Hammurabi's Code?
a)
An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth
b)
It's raining cats and dogs.
c)
Break a leg!
d)
The wisdom of an old man brings wealth.
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
11.
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.
12.
Laws are necessary because:
a)
Without them life would be chaotic
b)
Restrains sin
c)
Reveals to sinners that we are doing something wrong
d)
All the above
13.
Choose one below that is in The 7 Wonders of the World.
a)
The Olympic Torch
b)
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
c)
The Parthenon
14.
Hammurabi was King of _____________.
a)
Egypt
b)
Syria
c)
Babylon
d)
Israel
15.
Who was Hammurabi?
a)
He was a god.
b)
He was a king of the Babylonian empire
c)
He was the king of the Nile
d)
He was a Mesopotamian scribe.
16.
What is a stele?
a)
A babylonian chariot.
b)
A big black rock with the written laws etched on it.
c)
A big black rock with carvings etched on it.
d)
An early form of steel.
17.
What is he famous for?
a)
He was the first to use cuneiform (writing)
b)
He was the first emperor.
c)
He had a powerful army.
d)
He was the first to produce written laws.
18.
What is cuneiform?
a)
The early letters/symbols.
b)
An early spoken language of the Babylonians.
c)
The big black stone where the code was written.
d)
Hammurabi's language that he spoke.
19.
How would you describe his laws?
a)
Fair and balanced.
b)
Very harsh by our modern standards.
c)
Too lenient (easy on the offender)
d)
complicated
20.
Hammurabi was best known for his _______. A set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire.
a)
Beard
b)
Code
c)
Consequences
d)
Sword
21.
Hammurabi's Code consisted of ____ laws.
a)
282
b)
7
c)
100
d)
500
22.
How long did Hammurabi rule Babylon?
a)
12
b)
25
c)
42
d)
4,000
23.
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
24.
The Hammurabi code dates .... to about 1754 BCE.
a)
after
b)
before
c)
back
25.
The Hammurabi Code is .... than the Bible.
a)
older
b)
oldest
c)
oldier
26.
The Code is a collection of 282 laws .... on a stone pillar.
a)
writes
b)
writing
c)
written
27.
Hammurabi was a Babylonian king .... ruled from 1792-1750 B.C.E.
a)
who
b)
which
c)
where
28.
Hammurabi thought that to be a fair king, all the states must follow the .... laws.
a)
different
b)
same
c)
contrasting
29.
The laws protected orphans, widows and the innocent people from being hurt .... exploited.
a)
or
b)
but
c)
not
30.
The Code is a testimony to how much the ideas of obligations, rights and punishment have changed with the evolution of .....
a)
species
b)
entertainment
c)
society
31.
True or false: Hammurabi's Code of Laws had the same punishment for people of all social classes.
a)
True
b)
False
32.
Hammurabi's Code dictated punishments for:
a)
Only the worst crimes.
b)
Crimes for all aspects of Babylonian life.
33.
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.
34.
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.
35.
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
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