Quiz  /  Code of Hammurabi

  • 1. 
    Who was Hammurabi?

  • A Babylonian judge
  • The last king of the Assyrian Empire
  • The Babylonian god of justice
  • The first king of the Babylonian Empire

  • 2. 
    What was the Code of Hammurabi?

  • A means of communication using drums
  • A type of architecture that allowed for tall pyramids to be constructed
  • A written set of laws
  • A way of coding secret messages

  • 3. 
    What types of laws were included in the code?

  • Laws about slavery
  • Business
  • Religious
  • All of the above

  • 4. 
    Around how many laws were included in the code?

  • 10
  • 12
  • 282
  • 52

  • 5. 
    On what famous object was the code inscribed?

  • Hanging Gardens
  • Babylonian Ziggurat
  • Taj Majal
  • Diorite stele

  • 6. 
    True or False: Some of the laws in the Hammurabi Code describe exactly what a worker should earn for a job.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE

  • 7. 
    What was the punishment for a son who hit his father?

  • He was sent to timeout for 30 minutes
  • He was thrown off the city walls
  • His hands would be cut off
  • He was spanked three times

  • 8. 
    What is diorite?

  • The Babylonian god of justice
  • The Babylonian word for law
  • A city in the Babylonian Empire
  • A black rock

  • 9. 
    What language was the Code of Hammurabi written in?

  • Akkadian
  • Babylonian
  • Latin
  • Greek

  • 10. 
    True or False: The Code of Hammurabi is important because it tells us a lot about the way the people of Babylon lived.

  • FALSE
  • TRUE
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