Civics Review Quiz

This court focuses on cases about minors (people under the age of 18).

• Juvenile Court

• County Court

• Family Court

• Probate Court

This court focuses on a wide variety of cases and hears appeals from lower state courts.

• Probate Court

• Circuit Court

• County Court

• State Supreme Court

What does the U.S. Court of Appeals handle?

• Appeals from Municipal Court.

• Appeals from all of the 13 US District Courts in its circuit.

• Appeals from Probate Court.

What is an intermediate appellate court?

• It's the highest court in the land, no more appeals.

• It's in the middle, cases can still appeal from here.

• It's a lower state court, and cases can appeal from here.

True or False. Jurisdiction means that the court hears different kinds of cases and covers different areas.

• True

• False

True or False. Once a case is heard at the State Supreme Court, it cannot be appealed.

• True

• False

True or False. Cases about issues that come up in cities and towns (like traffic violations or landlord-tenant issues) are first heard in the Appeals Court.

• True

• False

What Branch of government is being checked and what Branch is checking them? Congress passed the War Powers Act in 1973 over President Nixon's veto, which meant that the president could not deploy troops for 60+ days without Congressional approval or declaration of war.

• Executive is being checked. Legislative is checking them.

• Legislative is being checked. Executive is checking them.

• Judicial is being checked. Executive is checking them.

• Judicial is being checked. Legislative is checking them.

What Branch of government is being checked and what Branch is checking them? The House of Representatives approved a single article of impeachment charging President Trump with incitement to insurrection on January 6, 2021. The Senate ultimately acquitted him.

• Executive is being checked. Legislative is checking them.

• Legislative is being checked. Executive is checking them.

• Judicial is being checked. Executive is checking them.

• Judicial is being checked. Legislative is checking them.

What Branch of government is being checked and what Branch is checking them? President Gerald Ford pardoned former President Richard Nixon for any crimes he "committed or may have committed or taken part in" while in office after Nixon resigned due to the Watergate scandal.

• Executive is being checked. Legislative is checking them.

• Legislative is being checked. Executive is checking them.

• Judicial is being checked. Executive is checking them.

• Judicial is being checked. Legislative is checking them.