SS.7.C.3.10 - Sources & Types of Laws

Which type of law deals with relationships and disagreements between people?

• civil law

• criminal law

• military law

• case law

What type of law is based on customs and prior legal decisions, and is used in civil cases?

• civil law

• common law/ precedent

• criminal law

• military law

What type of law focuses on interpreting the U.S. Constitution?

• civil law

• criminal law

• constitutional law

• statutory law

What type of law deals with crimes and the punishments for those crimes?

• civil law

• criminal law

• constitutional law

• statutory law

What type of law deals with people who are under the age of 18?

• civil law

• statutory law

• juvenile law

• common law

What type of laws apply only to people in the military?

• military law

• civil law

• constitutional law

• statutory law

Laws passed by Congress or a state legislature are called...

• civil law

• case law

• common law

• statutory law

What was a written code of rules that guided the society of Babylon?

• Magna Carta

• Code of Hammurabi

• Epic of Gilgamesh

• The Vedas

How did the Code of Hammurabi influence the U.S. Constitution?

• They both included a bill of rights

• They were both created by a king

• They were both harsh

• They are both a series of laws written to guide society

What was written in 1215 to protect the rights and personal property of people from the English King?

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• Common Sense

• Code of Hammurabi