Unit 3 Vocabulary Homework

What are the freedoms we have that are protected by our laws called?

• Rights

• Duties

• Virtue

• Liberty

What is something that someone is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation?

• Rights

• Duties

• Virtue

• Liberty

Who were the leading statesmen during the American Revolution and the formation of the United States?

• Philosophers

• Confederacy

• Founding Fathers

• Judges

What is a group of legal practices and traditions originating in judges' decisions earlier that have the same force in the U.S. as laws?

• Constitution

• Common Law Legal System

• Precedent

• Appeal

What is a previous action, situation, or decision that can be used as a reason or example for a similar action or decision at a later time?

• Virtue

• Appeal

• Precedent

• Reason

What is a set of rules that guides how a country, state, or other political organization works?

• Constitution

• Confederacy

• Ethics

• Logic

Who is a person who seeks wisdom or enlightenment?

• Founding Father

• Philosopher

• Judge

• Confederate

What is a group of people, countries, organizations, etc. joined together for a common purpose or by a common interest?

• Confederacy

• Century

• Appeal

• Virtue

What is a period of 100 years called?

• Decade

• Millennium

• Century

• Era

What is it called when a person asks a higher court to look at their case and reverse (or change) the decision of a lower court?

• Precedent

• Appeal

• Reason

• Logic