WorksheetsHammurabi's Code
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Hammurabi was a member of the ___________ dynasty.
Amorite
Greek
Babylonian
Dutch
Hammurabi was the King of _____________ from 1792-1750 BCE.
Sumer
Akkadian
Babylon
Rome
Hammurabi united all of ___________ under the Babylonian Empire.
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Earth
Sumer
Hammurabi's Code served as the ________ for Babylonian society.
history
laws
beliefs
fines
True or False- Hammurabi's Code served as a tool for unifying the expanding empire.
True
False
True or False-Hammurabi's Code had an excerpt that states " That the strong may not own the weak"
True
False
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.
power
authority
belief
law
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.
social
work
business
religious
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.
True
False
Referring to the impact of Hammurabi's Code on the economy -The _____________ would often fit the crime.
law
reasoning
consequences
beliefs
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.
guilty
innocent
young
older
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.
True
False
Concerning Hammurabi's Code, ___________ actions towards others would often repaid in kind, such as an eye for an eye.
loud
polite
violent
religious
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.
unequally
equally
unjustifiably
encroached
Hammurabi's Code has been considered _________ in nature to the laws found in the Old Testament.
different
opposite
similar
supportive
