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WorksheetsHammurabi's Code
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 54mins
--Code of Hammurabi
Which statement is best supported by this excerpt from Hammurabi's code of laws?
Hammurabi was best known for his _______. A set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire.
Beard
Code
Consequences
Sword
Why is Hammurabi's Code a primary source?
It is a legal document
It is the only written record of Hammurabi
It contains important information about the past
It was created when Hammurabi ruled
Which of these statements best describes "eye for an eye"justice?
Crimes against someone's eyes are punished by death.
Someone convicted of a crime would be subjected to the same harm they committed.
Anyone who is the victim of a crime gets to keep the eyes of the criminal.
Criminals have their left eye removed as a warning to others.
The Stele is a _____________ source.
Secondary
Primary
Fake
Terrible
If a person accused another of a crime and could not prove it, their punishment was ___________.
Detention
Death
Prison
3 years of slavery
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
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
