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WorksheetsHammurabi
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 2hrs 35mins
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1.
Who was Hammurabi?
a)
God in Ancient Sumer
b)
emperor of Babylonian Empire
c)
warrior who fought Gilgamesh
d)
scribe known throughout Mesopotamia
2.
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
3.
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
4.
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
5.
A kind of writing used in Sumer and Babylonia is called
a)
handwriting
b)
cursive
c)
cuneiform
d)
graffiti
6.
Whose code had 282 laws?
a)
Samurai's
b)
Zip
c)
Hammurabi's
d)
area
7.
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.
8.
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.
9.
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
10.
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.
11.
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
12.
Choose one below that is in The 7 Wonders of the World.
a)
The Olympic Torch
b)
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
c)
The Parthenon
13.
Hammurabi was King of _____________.
a)
Egypt
b)
Syria
c)
Babylon
d)
Israel
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