Lovett Judiciary branch review pages 223-228

Which of the following courts make up the federal court system?

• district courts

• state courts

• appellate courts

• the Supreme Court

• the basketball court

District courts, also know as trial courts, have (a)   jurisdiction.

How many district courts are in the United States?

• 13

• 49

• 94

• 194

Which courts are ones in which witnesses testify and juries hear cases and reach verdicts?

• district

• appellate

• Supreme Court

• litigant court

Circuit court of appeals are also called

• federal court of appeals

• court s of appeals

• appellate courts

• district courts

Appellate (a)   means the authority to review the fairness of a case appealed from a lower court.

The losing side from a district court case is always the side that appeals a case.

• false

• true

How many circuit courts of appeals are there in the United States?

• 11

• 12

• 13

• 15

The panel of judges in the (a)   court does not rule on guilt or innocence, but rather was the original trial was a fair one or not.

The panel of judges in a circuit court may leave the verdict in the trial they are hearing unchanged. They ___________ the result of the trial.

• uphold

• reverse

• remand

• reactivate

• release