placeholder image to represent content

Chapter 3 Review

Quiz by Paul Peloquin

Our brand new solo games combine with your quiz, on the same screen

Correct quiz answers unlock more play!

New Quizalize solo game modes
30 questions
Show answers
  • Q1
    Became king of Babylon in 1795 BCE
    Hammurabi
    Gilgamesh
    Sargon
    Ashurbanipal
    30s
  • Q2
    What Hammurabi is best known for
    His code of laws
    His buildings
    His long curly beard
    His aqueducts
    30s
  • Q3
    Why Hammurabi's Code is so important
    It was the last code of law written in ancient times
    It is the first written code of law
    It was written by the king
    It was the first to have over 500 laws
    30s
  • Q4
    Under Hammurabi's Code, what mattered in regard to how punishments were given?
    gender (if you were a man or a woman)
    nothing
    social class
    age
    30s
  • Q5
    What Hammurabi's Code dealt with
    How to attack other empires
    Invasion by foreigners
    Almost every aspect of daily life
    How to interpret teh night sky
    30s
  • Q6
    How many laws made up Hammurabi's Code?
    828
    171
    393
    282
    30s
  • Q7
    Describe the evolution of writing
    numbers changed over time into letters
    clay was discovered after the reed stylus
    words and concepts were broken down into letters
    pictographs that changed over time into cuneiform
    30s
  • Q8
    What did Sumerians use to write?
    chisels on cave walls
    parchment & ink
    wet clay tablets & reed stylus
    papyrus & reed pens
    30s
  • Q9
    What did the Sumerians use writing to do?
    Math & works of literature
    all of the answers
    Grammar
    History & law
    30s
  • Q10
    Define epic
    A long song about daily life
    A long poem that tell stories of heroes
    A hymn of praise to a god
    A short story about a king
    30s
  • Q11
    The writing system developed by the Sumerians
    Alphabet
    Hieroglyphics
    Sanskrit
    Cuneiform
    30s
  • Q12
    Define SOCIAL HIERARCHY
    The worship of more than one god or goddess
    People who perform religious ceremonies
    The division of society by rank or class
    The science of building
    30s
  • Q13
    What most people did for a living
    Craftsman
    Slave
    Priest
    Farming
    30s
  • Q14
    Define PRIESTS
    People who perform religious ceremonies
    The lowest people in the social hierarchy
    People who specialized in a specific craft like pottery
    The people at the very top of the social hierarchy
    30s
  • Q15
    Define SCRIBE
    Person who excelled in a craft
    Writer
    Slave
    Person at the bottom of the social hierarchy
    30s

Teachers give this quiz to your class