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WorksheetsiCivics - Judicial Branch in a Flash Quiz
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 7mins
The Supreme Court is a trial court.
True
False
There is only one judge in a trial court.
True
False
The Supreme Court can strike down an unconstitutional law.
True
False
When you first begin a trial, you will be in an appellate court.
True
False
A jury decides the case in a bench trial.
True
False
The Supreme Court must take every case that gets appealed to it.
True
False
If you break a state law, your case will probably be in a state court system.
True
False
The Supreme Court's power to decide if something is constitutional is called a "judicial review."
True
False
It would be easy to prove a case without evidence.
True
False
If the Court of Appeals remands a case, that means the court says the verdict was right.
True
False
The federal court system was created by Congress.
True
False
State court systems were created by the Constitution of the United States.
True
False
When you ask a higher court to review your case, you are making an appeal.
True
False
When the Court of Appeals affirms a case, it sends the case back to the trial court.
True
False
The Supreme Court gets the last word about what the constitution really says.
True
False
When someone is accused of a crime, the type of case is ___.
civil
criminal
If you appeal a case, you are going to ___.
appellate court
trial court
The court that gets to decide what is constitutional.
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
If the appellate court thinks a decision was wrong, it will ____.
affirm the decision
reverse the decision
If a group of people gives the verdict after a trial, that trial was a ___.
jury trial
bench trial
A word that means "relating to the rights of citizens."
criminal
civil
The Supreme Court has ___.
three justices
nine justices
If an appellate court sends a case back to the trial court, it has ____.
affirmed the case
remanded the case
If you go to the Court of Appeals, you will see____.
three judges
one judge
The decision in a case is called the____.
evidence
verdict
If you break a law of the United States, your case will probably be in ____.
federal court
state court
At trial, lawyers try to prove their case using ___.
an appeal
evidence
State courts were created by ____.
the US Constitution
state constitutions
A word that means "relating to crime."
civil
criminal
The only court created by the US Constitution is the ____.
Supreme Court
federal courts
state courts
Congress created the ____.
Supreme Court
federal court system
The federal court system is divided into districts called _____.
circuits
areas
A trial court____.
hears cases for the first time
reviews the appeals court decision for errors
An appellate court _____.
reviews the trial court decision for errors
hears cases for the first time
In the appellate courts, to "affirm" the trial court decision means ____.
In the appellate courts, to "reverse" the trial court decision means ____.
In the appellate court, to "remand" the case means to____.
send the case back to the trial court to start over
reverse the decision
affirm the decision
To "remand" a case, means to ____.
The power of deciding what is constitutional is called ____.
judicial review
appeal
panel
The two court systems in the United Sates are the ___ court system and the state court system.
federal
local
national
A trial with no jury is called a
bench trial
criminal trial
