Street Law Chapter 1 Review

What are laws?

• rules made and enforced by government
• suggested guidelines that citizens should ideally obey
• documents that are processed in court
• rules that only citizens must follow

From which level of government do laws come from?

• Local
• National
• State
• All of these

Which of the following is NOT an example of values that go into making laws

• economic
• moral 
• legal 
• social 

Which idea about government does this image/chart represent?

• checks and balances
• federalism
• separation of powers
• legal malpractice

Paying taxes is...

• Something that all citizens must do
• An example of economic values
• How governments generate revenue 
• All of the these are true

Which of the following is an example of a civil law violation?

• hijacking an airplane
• assaulting a police officer
• a tree falls on your neighbor's house
• speeding in your car

Which of the following is an example of a criminal AND civil law violation?

• A man slips and falls in a restaurant 
• A tree falls on your house
• Legal malpractice case against a lawyer 
• Driving after smoking marijuana and hitting a pedestrian

The idea that the Constitution and federal law is the highest law in the United States is in reference to...

• legal malpractice
• the supremacy clause
• trump clause
• all powerful clause

What is separation of powers? 

• The division of power between citizens of different countries
• When the national government and state government can't agree on a law
• The idea that all 3 branches of government share power
• All of the above are true

The founding fathers didn't want to allow any branch of government to become too powerful so they included this idea into US government.

• legal malpractice
• elastic clause 
• supremacy clause
• checks and balances