Babylon was a city-state when Hammurabi began ruling it. While he was king, it became an empire. To establish order and justice throughout the land, he created a code of laws. His code
prescribed the fines and punishments for a variety of offenses.
The prefix pre-means "before" or "beforehand." The root scrib means "write" or "carve into a
surface." Based on this information, what does prescribe mean in the paragraph?
set down as final
record in advance
warn people about
give information about

What makes this speech a primary source? o a. the words are spoken by the president himself. o b. it uses narrative to keep the reader's attention. o c. it was written over 70 years in the past. o d. it contains a strong historical argument.

What is a characteristic of hunter-gatherer societies?

"the plan of removing the aboriginal people who yet remain within the settled portions of the united states . . approaches its consummation. . an extensive region . . has been assigned for their permanent residence. it has been divided into districts and allotted among them. many have already removed and others are preparing to go. . " removal of southern indians to indian territory, 1835 this passage is most closely related to a) imperialism. b) the civil war. c) westward expansion. d) the french indian war.