WorksheetsUnit 3: Chapter 10.1 and 10.2 Judicial Branch Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 14mins
Which article of the U.S. Constitution does the U.S. Supreme Court get its power from?
Article I (1)
Article II (2)
Article III (3)
Article IV (4)
Which type of federal court is being described?
original jurisdiction, 94 total courts throughout the country, can have a jury, known as the workhorses of the federal court system
US Supreme Court
MI Supreme Court
US Circuit Courts
US District Courts
Courts have two main jobs or responsibilities towards the people. One is to insure that the laws are fairly enforced the other is ________.
To carry out the laws
To interpret the laws
To make the Laws
To add amendments
The U.S. Constitution will establish a U.S. Supreme Court, but who would have the power to set up lower courts as needed?
President
The Supreme Court
The Congress
The MIlitary
What law/act enabled Congress to establish two types of lower courts?
(a)
The two lower courts the U.S. Congress established are the ________ courts and_________courts.
Civil and Criminal
Lower and Higher
District and Circuit
State and Federal
Another name for the U.S. Court of Appeals
Federal Courst
Supreme Court
Trial Courts
Circuit Courts
Which courts are the workhorses (do most of the work) of the federal court system?
Circuit Courts
Courts of Appeals
Supreme Court
District Courts
What is the main job of the U.S. Supreme Court?
to be the final court of appeals for both the state and federal court systems.
to make the laws
to be the final court of appeals for ONLY the federal court system
to be the final court of appeals for ONLY the state court system
What is the job of the Court of Appeals?
to decide whether a Supreme Court decision is fair or unfair
to decide whether a trial court decision was fair
to decide the facts of a case
to decide the outcome of civil and/or criminal cases
1. Case is filed in a federal district court.
2. ???
3. Case is appealed to the US Supreme Court, which does one of the following:
a. Allows the lower court ruling to stand.
b. Sends the case back to the lower court for reconsideration.
c. Decides to try the case.
The case begins in the Michigan Supreme Court.
The case can not be appealed.
The case begins in the Michigan Court of Appeals.
The case is appealed to a federal court of appeals (circuit court).
How many Supreme Court Justices sit on the U.S. Supreme Court?
7
9
5
12
What are the 3 levels of the federal court system? Make sure the answer is in the correct order from lowest court to highest court.
94 Circuit Courts,
13 District Courts,
the US Supreme Court
300,000 District Courts,
94 Circuit Courts,
the US Supreme Court
94 District Courts,
13 Circuit Courts,
the US Supreme Court
300,000 Trial Courts,
94 Circuit Courts,
the US Supreme Court
Who nominates federal judges and Supreme Court justices?
President
Senate
Congress
House
Who approves the President's nomination of federal court judges and Supreme Court justices?
Senate
President
House
Congress
only cases on appeal from the Circuit Courts
There are more federal district courts than circuit courts in the U.S.
How long are federal judges in office?
8 years
4 years
10 years
Life or until they retire
Courts that have the authority to review a decision made by a lower court are said to have:
No jurisdiction
The federal judicial branch is made up of:
the US Supreme Court and the federal courts
the state Supreme Court and the federal courts
judges and members of Congress
judges and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
