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The Origins of Law

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Twelve Tables is associated with what ancient civilization?

a)

Greece

b)

Rome

c)

China

d)

India

2.

Current Events will be due on the first and (a)   Tuesdays of each month.

3.

Case briefs will be performed once a ____.

a)

week

b)

day

c)

year

d)

month

4.

Which is NOT a reason discussed on why we need laws in civil society?

a)

keep the peace

b)

safety, protection

c)

stable, orderly society

d)

transmit mores, values of society

5.

The earliest known legal decision saw three men and one woman executed for a death of temple worker in 1850 BC.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Earliest known written legal code.

a)

The Ten Commandments

b)

Hammurabi's Code

c)

Ur-Nammu's Code

d)

Urukagina's Code

7.

The first law school was located here.

a)

Litchfield, Conn.

b)

Beirut, Lebanon

c)

Bologna, Italy

d)

London, England

8.

From what historical law document is this quote derived from: "no freeman shall be captured or imprisoned...except for lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land"?

a)

Hammurabi's Code

b)

The Book of Punishments

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Magna Carta

9.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

US Constitution

c)

Magna Carta

d)

English Bill of Rights

10.

Marbury vs. this president helped establish judicial review.

a)

Madison

b)

Jefferson

c)

Washington

d)

Biden

11.

a court order demanding that a public official (such as a warden) deliver an imprisoned individual to the court and show a valid reason for that person's detention. 

a)

Common Law

b)

Equity Law

c)

Writ of Habeas Corpus

d)

statutes

12.

POWs must be housed in clean, adequate shelter, and receive the food, clothing and medical care necessary to maintain good health.

a)

Napoleonic Code

b)

Geneva Convention

c)

Nuremberg War Crimes Trials

d)

Marbury vs. Madison