CE.9a/b Quiz

In the United States, we have a dual court system, made up of what two courts?

• State

• Local

• District

• Federal (National)

What is the best title for the empty box in the diagram?

• Virginia Supreme Court

• Military Supreme Court

• United States Supreme Court

• World Supreme Court

Which of the following courts is the highest court of appeals in the United States?

• U.S. Supreme Court

• U.S. General District Court

• U.S. District

• U.S. Court of Appeals

Which United States court has original jurisdiction over all federal cases?

• Court of Appeals

• Military Courts

• Supreme Court

• District Court

Virginia Circuit Court has...

• Justices/no jury; appellate for Court of Appeals

• Judges/No jury; appellate for Circuit Court

• Judge and jury; original for felonies; civil cases with high money damages; appellate for General District

• Original for misdemeanors; civil cases with low money amounts

What is the power of judicial review?

• Power to stop the judicial branch from doing something unwise

• Grants more powers to the judicial branch of government

• Power to declare laws and executive actions unconstitutional

• Power to review a decision of a lower court

Judicial review is an important check on what branches of government?

• Legislative

• Judicial

• Executive

• Parliamentary

The Supreme Courts of the US and Virginia determine the constitutionality of laws and acts of the executive branch.

• False

• True

What document is the supreme law of the land?

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• US Constitution

What court case established the principle of judicial review at the national level of government?

• Monroe v. Marbury

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Marbury v. Madison

• Plessy v. Ferguson