Crash Course Civics Quiz

What is the main function of courts in settling disputes?

• Interpreting the laws

• Deciding the facts of the case and applying relevant law

• Hearing evidence and determining what actually happened

• Creating expectations for future actions

What is the primary role of appeals courts?

• Deciding the facts of the case and applying relevant law

• Hearing evidence and determining what actually happened

• Creating expectations for future actions

• Deciding questions of law without presenting evidence

What is the main difference between criminal law and civil law?

• Criminal law involves statutes written by legislatures, civil law involves disputes between individuals

• Criminal law involves disputes between individuals, civil law involves statutes written by legislatures

• Criminal law involves disputes between individuals, civil law involves disputes between individuals and the government

• Criminal law involves statutes written by legislatures, civil law involves disputes between individuals and the government

What is the purpose of public law?

• To apply relevant law and create expectations for future actions

• To decide questions of law without presenting evidence

• To resolve disputes between individuals and the government

• To involve the powers of government or the rights of citizens under the Constitution or federal law

What is the main characteristic of the federal court system?

• It is not separate from the other branches of government

• It does not have hierarchical structure with the Supreme Court at the top

• Federal judges are not appointed for life and their salaries can be reduced

• It does not have the ability to perform judicial review over laws passed by Congress and state legislatures

What is the primary source of common law?

• Decisions made by the Supreme Court

• Past decisions of courts that influence future legal decisions

• Statutes written by legislatures

• Interpretations of the laws by the executive branch

What is the main function of trial courts?

• Hearing evidence and determining what actually happened

• Deciding the outcome by applying the relevant law

• Deciding questions of law without presenting evidence

• Creating expectations for future actions

What is the primary role of the legislature in making laws?

• To create expectations for future actions

• To decide questions of law without presenting evidence

• To interpret the laws and apply relevant law

• To make statutes and common laws

What is the main reason for federal judges being appointed for life?

• To prevent them from being influenced by the executive branch

• To preserve their independence from politics

• To ensure they have the ability to perform judicial review over laws

• To make them immune from any legal action

What is the primary role of the federal court system?

• To settle disputes and interpret the laws

• To create expectations for future actions and perform judicial review

• To decide questions of law without presenting evidence and apply relevant law

• To hear evidence and determine what actually happened