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Civics and Economics CE.9

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the Supreme Law of the Land?

a)

Bill of Rights

b)

Constitution

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

None of the above

2.

Choose all: Which Courts always have no jury?

a)

Court of Appeals of Virginia

b)

Circuit court

c)

Virginia Supreme Court

d)

General district court, and juvenile and domestic relations court

3.

What is the highest federal court?

a)

US Supreme Court

b)

VA Supreme Court

c)

Claims Court

4.

What is jurisdiction?

a)

A serious crime

b)

Authority to hear a case first

c)

A smaller or less serious offense

d)

Authority to hear a case

5.

What is a felony?

a)

Authority to review a decision of a lower court

b)

Authority to hear a case first

c)

A serious crime

d)

Authority to hear a case

6.

What does the 5th amendment prohibit?

a)

national government from violating due process

b)

state and local governments from violating due process

7.

The constitutional protection against unfair governmental actions and laws is...

a)

probable cause

b)

due process of law

c)

a plaintiff

d)

misdemeanor

8.

Which one doesn't belong?

a)

Circuit court

b)

Virginia Supreme Court

c)

General district court and juvenile and domestic relations court

d)

U.S. District Court

e)

Court of Appeals of Virginia

9.

What is the court system derived from?

a)

Bill of Rights

b)

Constitution

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

none of the above

10.

For a trial, the accused may be

a)

sent to jail or bailed out

b)

nothing happens

c)

forced to do community service and sent to jail

d)

none of the above

11.

Do all states have the same state courts?

a)

Yes

b)

No

12.

What are the two case types?

a)

Civics Case

b)

Criminal case

c)

Civil Case

d)

Probable Case

13.

What does the plaintiff do?

a)

person who presides over court proceedings

b)

a person employed to transcribe speech from legal proceedings

c)

brings a case against another in a court of law

d)

person accused of committing a crime

14.

Who is the defendant?

a)

person accused of committing a crime

b)

person who presides over court proceedings

c)

brings a case against another in a court of law

d)

a person employed to transcribe speech from legal proceedings

15.

Can civil cases be appealed?

a)

No

b)

Yes

16.

Can criminal cases be appealed?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Only guilty verdicts

17.

In civil cases, are there preliminary hearings?

a)

Yes

b)

No

18.

In a misdemeanor case, is there a grand jury?

a)

Yes

b)

No

19.

What are the two different courts?

a)

Virginia Courts

b)

State Court

c)

Federal Court

d)

Country Court

20.

What case established the principle of judicial review at the national level?

a)

Marbury v. Madison

b)

Loving v. Virginia

c)

Miranda v. Arizona

d)

Roe v. Wade