Court System Quiz

Cases about the U.S. Constitution are handled in ___ court.

• State

• Federal

Cases about the family issues are handled in ___ court.

• State

• Federal

Cases involving citizens from different states  are handled in ___ court.

• State

• Federal

This court focuses on misdemeanors (less serious crimes) and civil disagreements up to $1000.

• State

• Federal

• County

• Probate

This court focuses on cases about people’s last wills.

• Probate

• Juvenile

• Circuit

• Appeals

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

• Probate

• Juvenile

• Circuit

• County

Which court focuses on a wide variety of cases and hears appeals from lower state courts?

• County

• Juvenile

• Probate

• Circuit

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

• Cases about minors

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

• Cases about final wills and testaments

• Disputed divorces

What is an intermediate appellate court?

• It is a video game term

• It's the lowest court in the land

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

• It is the highest court in the land

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

• True

• False