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Hammurabi's Code

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Hammurabi was a member of the ___________ dynasty.

a)

Amorite

b)

Greek

c)

Babylonian

d)

Dutch

2.

Hammurabi was the King of _____________ from 1792-1750 BCE.

a)

Sumer

b)

Akkadian

c)

Babylon

d)

Rome

3.

Hammurabi united all of ___________ under the Babylonian Empire.

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Egypt

c)

Earth

d)

Sumer

4.

Hammurabi's Code served as the ________ for Babylonian society.

a)

history

b)

laws

c)

beliefs

d)

fines

5.

True or False- Hammurabi's Code served as a tool for unifying the expanding empire.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

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

a)

True

b)

False

7.

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.

a)

power

b)

authority

c)

belief

d)

law

8.

Referring to the impact of Hammurabi's Code on the economy - The code enforced a type of _________ etiquette when it came to using another's land.

a)

social

b)

work

c)

business

d)

religious

9.

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.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

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

a)

law

b)

reasoning

c)

consequences

d)

beliefs

11.

Referring to the impact of Hammurabi's Code on the economy -If a __________ party couldn't pay their debt their possessions would be taken and given to the person owed the debt.

a)

guilty

b)

innocent

c)

young

d)

older

12.

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.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Concerning Hammurabi's Code, ___________ actions towards others would often repaid in kind, such as an eye for an eye.

a)

loud

b)

polite

c)

violent

d)

religious

14.

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.

a)

unequally

b)

equally

c)

unjustifiably

d)

encroached

15.

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

a)

different

b)

opposite

c)

similar

d)

supportive