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iCivics - Judicial Branch in a Flash Quiz

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Supreme Court is a trial court.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

There is only one judge in a trial court.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The Supreme Court can strike down an unconstitutional law.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

When you first begin a trial, you will be in an appellate court.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

A jury decides the case in a bench trial.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

The Supreme Court must take every case that gets appealed to it.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

If you break a state law, your case will probably be in a state court system.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The Supreme Court's power to decide if something is constitutional is called a "judicial review."

a)

True

b)

False

9.

It would be easy to prove a case without evidence.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

If the Court of Appeals remands a case, that means the court says the verdict was right.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The federal court system was created by Congress.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

State court systems were created by the Constitution of the United States.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

When you ask a higher court to review your case, you are making an appeal.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

When the Court of Appeals affirms a case, it sends the case back to the trial court.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The Supreme Court gets the last word about what the constitution really says.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

When someone is accused of a crime, the type of case is ___.

a)

civil

b)

criminal

17.

If you appeal a case, you are going to ___.

a)

appellate court

b)

trial court

18.

The court that gets to decide what is constitutional.

a)

Supreme Court

b)

Court of Appeals

19.

If the appellate court thinks a decision was wrong, it will ____.

a)

affirm the decision

b)

reverse the decision

20.

If a group of people gives the verdict after a trial, that trial was a ___.

a)

jury trial

b)

bench trial

21.

A word that means "relating to the rights of citizens."

a)

criminal

b)

civil

22.

The Supreme Court has ___.

a)

three justices

b)

nine justices

23.

If an appellate court sends a case back to the trial court, it has ____.

a)

affirmed the case

b)

remanded the case

24.

If you go to the Court of Appeals, you will see____.

a)

three judges

b)

one judge

25.

The decision in a case is called the____.

a)

evidence

b)

verdict

26.

If you break a law of the United States, your case will probably be in ____.

a)

federal court

b)

state court

27.

At trial, lawyers try to prove their case using ___.

a)

an appeal

b)

evidence

28.

State courts were created by ____.

a)

the US Constitution

b)

state constitutions

29.

A word that means "relating to crime."

a)

civil

b)

criminal

30.

The only court created by the US Constitution is the ____.

a)

Supreme Court

b)

federal courts

c)

state courts

31.

Congress created the ____.

a)

Supreme Court

b)

federal court system

32.

The federal court system is divided into districts called _____.

a)

circuits

b)

areas

33.

A trial court____.

a)

hears cases for the first time

b)

reviews the appeals court decision for errors

34.

An appellate court _____.

a)

reviews the trial court decision for errors

b)

hears cases for the first time

35.

In the appellate courts, to "affirm" the trial court decision means ____.

a)
b)
36.

In the appellate courts, to "reverse" the trial court decision means ____.

a)
b)
37.

In the appellate court, to "remand" the case means to____.

a)

send the case back to the trial court to start over

b)

reverse the decision

c)

affirm the decision

38.

To "remand" a case, means to ____.

a)
b)
c)
39.

The power of deciding what is constitutional is called ____.

a)

judicial review

b)

appeal

c)

panel

40.

The two court systems in the United Sates are the ___ court system and the state court system.

a)

federal

b)

local

c)

national

41.

A trial with no jury is called a

a)

bench trial

b)

criminal trial