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Source and Types of Laws

Authored by Charline Charlestin

History

6th - 8th Grade

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Source and Types of Laws
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1.

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.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT an example of rule of law?

"When the President does it, it is not illegal."
"I prefer to follow the law, not men."
"Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which term refers to the principle that nobody is above the law?

rule of law

limited powers

checks and balances

republican government

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

One reason Hammurabi's code is famous is that

it was the first set of laws recorded in writing

it was written in a sophisticated code that took years for historians to translate

it was beautifully written on a single giant stone of polished basalt

it was the first set of laws to rhyme to help people remember them

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which modern idiom refers to Hammurabi's Code?

An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth
It's raining cats and dogs.
Break a leg!
The wisdom of an old man brings wealth.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following documents embodies the fundamental laws and principles of the United States?

Bill of Rights
Magna Charter
Constitution
Declaration of Independence

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

law concerned with private relations between members of a community rather than criminal, military, or religious affairs

criminal law

civil law

common law

constitutional law

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