What is Hammurabi's Code?
The Code of Hammurabi

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Rebecca Yonk
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
a collection of 282 laws believed to be the first written laws
a group of soldiers and noblemen who lived in ancient Mesopotamia
the ancient idea that a punishment should fit the crime
the punishment for stealing sheep from a nobleman in ancient Mesopotamia
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What does this passage describe?
the origin and meaning of the word "judge"
what Mesopotamian society was like before written law
the life and death of the Mesopotamian King Hammurabi
the function and influence of the first written laws
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Read these sentences from the text.
In an effort to make the punishment fit the crime, Hammurabi’s Code often required the criminal to receive the same injury that he or she had inflicted on a victim. Such laws may seem harsh today, but they were intended to prevent society from descending into chaos and disorder.
Based on this evidence, what might King Hammurabi have wanted to promote in society?
chaos and confusion
justice and order
anger and violence
wealth and fortune
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How might Hammurabi's Code have prevented a single ruler from imposing, or forcing, his or her will on people?
by convincing the public that a ruler always wants what is best for the people
by punishing a ruler for trying to change the Code
by forcing a ruler to get people to agree on a new law before adding it to the Code
by preventing the ruler from making up new laws that were not mentioned in the Code
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the main idea of this text?
In the time of Hammurabi's Code, it was illegal for a shepherd to steal a sheep from the flock of a nobleman.
The U.S. Constitution is mostly based on the ideas and laws mentioned in Hammurabi's Code.
Hammurabi’s code and the U.S. Constitution differ in that the laws in Hammurabi’s Code often depended on social standing.
Hammurabi's Code was the first collection of written law and advanced the rule of law in Mesopotamia.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Why might the author have described the imaginary trial of the shepherd who stole the nobleman's sheep?
to show that the shepherd did not commit the crime of which he was accused
to show that a single ruler could impose his or her will on other people
to show how Hammurabi's Code might apply to a specific situation
to convince the reader that Hammurabi's Code was unfair in its punishments
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Choose the answer that best completes the sentence.
All 282 laws of Hammurabi's Code were also probably read aloud in public on a regular basis _________ no one could be excused for committing a crime because of not knowing the law.
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