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WorksheetsUnit 6 Test Review
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
How many justices sit on the U.S. Supreme Court?
9
7
3
1
The U.S. Supreme Court is:
responsible for deciding whether laws violate the U.S. Constitution
located in Washington, D.C.
the highest court in all of the land
all answer choices are correct
The head of the U.S. Supreme Court is called:
Chief Executive of the United States
Chief Justice of the United States
Chief Legislator of the United States
Head Judge of the United States
Who has the constitutional authority to nominate people to service on the Supreme Court of the United States (S.C.O.T.U.S)
The Senate
The House of Representatives
the President of the United States (P.O.T.U.S)
current justices of the court
The term for a U.S. Supreme Court Justice is:
2 terms or 10 years
4 years
15 years
life
Most cases reach the U.S. Supreme Court on:
appeal
Fridays
concurrent jurisdiction
writ of certiorari
Which landmark court case established the principle of judicial review?
Marbury v. Madison
Roe v. Wade
Gideon v. Wainwright
Miranda v. Arizona
If a Supreme Court judge has personal religious obligations to military service, but rules in favor of the draft because it is a federal law, that judge is practicing
Judicial Activism
Judicial Restraint
Original Jurisdiction
Appellate Jurisdiction
As the Supreme Court goes about its work of interpreting and applying laws passed by Congress, it exemplifies
the doctrine of separation of powers
the federal system
the concept of popular sovereignty
the system of checks and balances
The list of cases to be heard by a court is called a
civil case list
docket
certificate
writ of certiorari
Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes once said that the Constitution "means what the judges say it means." He was defining the Supreme Court's
right to use the writ of certiorari
exclusive jurisdiction
power of judicial review
original jurisdiction
