Test - Judicial Branch

Test - Judicial Branch

9th - 12th Grade

18 Qs

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Test - Judicial Branch

Test - Judicial Branch

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Social Studies

9th - 12th Grade

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1.

MATCH QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

Match the following

common law

rules of conduct established by society

statutory law

written law passed by legislative bodies

civil law

unwritten law made by court decisions

laws

a body of law regulating private rights and obligations

criminal law

a body of law regulating offenses against the community as a whole

2.

MATCH QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

Match the following

defendant

someone bringing suit against another

plaintiff

brings charges against an accused person

felony

a minor crime punishable by a crime and/or a short prison sentence

misdemeanor

someone being sued or someone being tried for a crime

prosecution

a serious offense punishable by long imprisonment and maybe death

3.

MATCH QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

Match the following

judicial review

a request for a new hearing; to ask a higher court to review the decision of an earlier case

appeal

the authority to review cases previously decided by  lower courts

appellate jurisdiction

the authority to hear a case's initial trial

original jurisdiction

a system in which both sides are given the chance to present their case

adversary system

the process of determining whether a law is constitutional or not

4.

MATCH QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

Match the following

bail

court appearance at which the accused hears the charges and enters a plea

writ of habeas corpus

sets a standard for future action

recognizance

court order requiring the government to release a prisoner unless good cause for imprisonment can be shown

precedent

money paid to guarantee a defendant will appear in court

arraignment

a promise to appear without necessity of bail

5.

MATCH QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

Match the following

grand jury

a panel of citizens who reviews evidence presented against a person and determines if there is enough evidence for an incictment

hung jury

when the decision of a trial jury is not unanimous in a criminal case

arrest

officially charges a person with a violation of a criminal law, usually a felony

indictment

a panel of citizens who determine if a person is guilty or innocent; determines the verdict in civil and criminal cases

petit jury

to take into legal custody

6.

MATCH QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

Match the following

judicial restraint

practice of basing decisions on previous decisions dealing with similar legal issues and upholding a law if it does not clearly violate the Constitution

dissenting opinion

written explanation of the views of one or more of the justices who disagreed with the Opinion of the Court

concurring opinion

practice of basing decisions on what the Court perceives to ensure public welfare or what the Court determines to be fair and just based on the facts it has been given

judicial activism

official called the opinion of the court; announces the Court's decision in a case and sets out the reasoning upon which it is based

majority opinion

written explanation of the views of one or more of the justices who support a decision reached by the majority of the court, but wish to add or emphasize a point not made in the decision

7.

MATCH QUESTION

3 mins • 5 pts

Match the following

Civil Rights Cases

numerous cases between 1954-1964 which challenged discrimination against minority citizens in case after case

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

ruled that women have the right to end a pregnancy but after the 1st trimester states can set certain limits to this right

14th Amendment

legalized segregation; established the principle of "separate but equal" and legalized segregation

Roe v. Wade

reversed an earlier court decision that had legalized segregation; called for the desegregation of public schools

Plessy v. Ferguson

increased the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court by giving it the authority to rule on the constitutionality of state as well as federal laws; provided or "equal protection" of all citizens

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