3.10 Sources and Types of Laws
Authored by Kathryn Clark
Social Studies
7th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The Code of Hammurabi (1772 BC) includes laws focusing on contracts. What type of U.S. law is based on the Code of Hammurabi?
Civil
Constitutional
Criminal
Military
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The list below lists examples of laws.Which list represents military law?
Category A
Assault, Murder, Theft
Category B
Adoption, Contract, Disputes, Personal Injury
Category C
Abandonment of post, Conduct unbecoming of an officer, Mutiny
Category D
Discrimination, Eminent domain, Treason
Category A
Category B
Category C
Category D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The passage below is from a U.S. Supreme Court opinion announcement. According to the passage, which action did the U.S. Supreme Court find constitutional?
In 1989 the court held in Stanford versus Kentucky that the Constitution allows states to impose the death penalty on an offender who is 16 or 17 years old when he committed the crime.
In the interpretation of its terms we have established... the necessity of ... standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society.
Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments forbid imposition of the death penalty on offenders who are under the age of 18 when their crimes were committed.
The death penalty may be imposed only on adults.
The death penalty may be imposed only on juveniles.
The death penalty may be imposed on both adults and juveniles.
The death penalty may be imposed on neither adults nor juveniles.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Select the correct definition for the following word:
law established by the outcome of former cases
case law
civil law
common law
constitutional law
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Select the correct definition for the following word:
law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than criminal, military, or religious affairs
common law
civil law
case law
constitutional law
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Select the correct definition for the following word:
legal precedence based on customs and prior legal decisions; used in civil cases
common law
civil law
case law
constitutional law
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Select the correct definition for the following word:
the interpretation and implementation of the U.S. Constitution
constitutional law
civil law
case law
common law
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