Hammurabi's Code
Quiz by Candace Kennington
Grade 6
Social Studies
North Carolina Standard Course of Study
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- Q1Hammurabi could best be described as....Babylonian godking of the city state of Babylonking of Urwell respected priest60s6.C.1
- Q2The type of language and alphabet that the "code" was carved on is known to us as...hieroglyphsMesopotamianPhoeniciancuneiform60s6.H.2.3
- Q3To make sure that the people had respect for Hammurabi and his set of laws, he claimed that these laws were...the first laws to ever be createdbetter than the laws of other city statesshared with him by the god of justicepassed down from his father60s6.C&G.1.2
- Q4Which of these is the best description of Hammurabi's laws?only concerned with war and taxesvery harsh and often had different treatment for people at different levels of societyvery fair and kind to the poorsecret and not known to many people60s6.C&G.1.2
- Q5How did Hammurabi communicate his laws with his people?the priests would share the laws when people came to the templeshe didn't share his laws, they were secretall children were taught the laws when they went to schoolhe had them carved into stones and set in public areas for all to see and read60s6.C&G.1.2