
Flocab Hammurabi's Code

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Allie Renner
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Geography, History
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6th Grade
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Hard
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1.
Multiple Choice
One reason Hammurabi's Code is famous is that
it was the most recent set of laws to be recorded in writing
it was written in a sophisticated code that took years for scholars to translate
it was one of the first written laws that was on a single, giant stone of polished black basalt or diorite stele
it was the first set of laws to rhyme, probably to help people remember them
2.
Multiple Choice
How was Hammurabi's Code displayed?
Scholars aren't sure, but many believe the laws were kept secret and now enforced.
The laws were placed so that all people could see them
The laws were carved into hundreds of different stones and placed along the road to the city
Nobody knows because the original Code was completely destroyed by invaders.
3.
Multiple Choice
Which of the following lines come from Hammurabi's Code?
"A child that swims in the Euphrates shall be killed"
"No person shall hold meetings in the City at night"
"If a husband desires to divorce his wife, and dissolve his marriage, he must give a reason for doing so"
"If a man knocks out the teeth of his equal, his teeth shall be knocked out"
4.
Multiple Choice
According to Hammurabi's Code, what happens if a man puts out a slave's eye?
The man must loose his own eye
The man must trade the slave for one of his own slaves
The man must be clubbed to death
The man must pay one-half of the slave's value
5.
Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a TRUE statement?
Hammurabi's Code contained 282 brief and strict laws
Hammurabi's Code contained merciful laws that went against the idea of retribution
Hammurabi's Code listed all the rights that a person had
Hammurabi's Code formed the basis of the constitution of the Roman Republic
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