7th Grade Civics Chapter 7 Test

a system with both federal and state courts

• Dual Court System
• Unitary Court System
• Supreme Court System
• Circuit Court System

to assume to be true without proof

• Presume

• Prove
• Disprove
• Analyze

the authority to hear and decide a case

• Jurisdiction

• Lawyer
• Police Officer
• Witness

authority of federal courts alone to hear and decide cases

• Exclusive jurisdiction
• Concurrent jurisdiction
• Original jurisdiction
• Appellate jurisdiction

authority of both federal and state courts to hear and decide cases

• Concurrent Jurisdiction
• Exclusive Jurisdiction
• Appellate Jurisdiction
• Original Jurisdiction

the authority to hear cases for the first time

• Trial court
• Appellate court
• Supreme court
• District court

an official decision

• A ruling

• A suggestion
• A recommendation
• An opinion

a person engaged in a lawsuit

• Plaintiff
• Defendant
• Litigant
• Witness

approval

• Consent

• A type of food
• A kind of vehicle
• A type of animal

coming before the main part; introductory

• Preliminary
• Conclusive
• Subsequent
• Final