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Sources and Types of Law Study

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Social Studies

7th Grade

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Sources and Types of Law Study
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

civil

constitutional

criminal

military

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

(a) Any member of the armed forces who–  (1) without authority goes or remains absent from his unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to remain away therefrom permanently . . . is guilty of desertion.     

What is the source of this law? 

 statutory law
common law
administrative law 
military law

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

“School group wins the right to protest in front of city hall” (The Right to Peacefully Assemble)

Criminal Law

Civil Law

Constitutional Law

Military Law

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Mary was pulled over by the police at 2:00 am and charged with breaking the CURFEW law...

Military Law

Juvenile Law

Civil Law

Criminal Law

6.

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?

(A Persons Eye for another Persons Eye.)

Civil

Constituational

Criminal

Military

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which situation would most likely lead to a civil case?

A person robs another person at gunpoint.

A person is caught breaking into a house.

A person breaks a leg at a friend’s house.

A person fails to stop at a red light.

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