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Hammurabi's Code

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was Hammurabi? 
a)
Hammurabi was a God in Ancient Sumer
b)
Hammurabi was the King of Babylon
c)
Hammurabi was a warrior
d)
Hammurabi was a farmer in Mesopotamia
2.
Hammurabi's Code was composed of how many laws?
a)
282
b)
192
c)
292
d)
495
3.
Who did Hammurabi claim encouraged him to create the laws?
a)
The people of Babylon
b)
The Gods
c)
The Akkadians
d)
The summerians 
4.
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?
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.
5.
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.
6.
A kind of writing used in Sumer and Babylonia is called
a)
handwriting
b)
cursive
c)
cuneiform
d)
graffiti
7.
1. How many years ago did Hammurabi live?
a)
5,000
b)
3,000
c)
4,000
d)
2,000
8.

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

9.

Why is Hammurabi's Code a primary source?

a)

It is a legal document

b)

It is the only written record of Hammurabi

c)

It contains important information about the past

d)

It was created when Hammurabi ruled

10.

Which of these statements best describes "eye for an eye"justice?

a)

Crimes against someone's eyes are punished by death.

b)

Someone convicted of a crime would be subjected to the same harm they committed.

c)

Anyone who is the victim of a crime gets to keep the eyes of the criminal.

d)

Criminals have their left eye removed as a warning to others.

11.

The Stele is a _____________ source.

a)

Secondary

b)

Primary

c)

Fake

d)

Terrible

12.

If a person accused another of a crime and could not prove it, their punishment was ___________.

a)

Detention

b)

Death

c)

Prison

d)

3 years of slavery

13.

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

a)

history

b)

laws

c)

beliefs

d)

fines

14.

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

a)

True

b)

False

15.

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