Chapter 7 Section 1

These laws include more serious crimes such as felonies or less serious crimes such as misdemeanors.

• Criminal Laws
• Civil Laws
• Military Laws
• Juvenile Laws

These laws include a wide range of subjects such as personal injury, divorce, taxes, property, and employment.

• Criminal Laws
• Civil Laws
• Military Laws
• Juvenile Laws

A disagreement brought to the courts for a resolution

• UCMJ
• delinquent
• lawsuit
• precedent

A man was caught on tape robbing a gas station.  He was arrested, brought to trial, and found guilty of burglary.

• Military Law
• Juvenile Law
• Civil Law
• Criminal Law

A married couple decides to get a divorce.  They disagree over who gets what.  A judge hears both sides and makes a decision about how their property should be divided.

• Military Law
• Juvenile Law
• Civil Law
• Criminal Law

Karen ordered an iPod off the internet and paid with her credit card, but she never received the order.  The seller is refusing to refund her money, so she takes the matter to court.

• Military Law
• Juvenile Law
• Civil Law
• Criminal Law

Which type of law is used to help solve disputes between people.

• civil

• constitutional

• criminal

• military

Consider this situation: A man enters an electronics store and points a gun at the store clerk. He demands all of the cash in the register and flees the scene with $3600. What type of law has been violated? 

• criminal law
• military law 
• common law 
• civil law

Mike is suing his neighbor over damages a tree on his neighbor’s property did to Mike’s car. What type of trial and law is involved in this case? 

• Criminal 
• Civil 
• Constitutional 
• Military

The Code of Hammurabi (1772 BC) includes laws focusing on contracts. What type of U.S. law is based on the Code of Hammurabi?

(A Persons Eye for another Persons Eye.)

• Civil

• Constituational

• Criminal

• Military