WorksheetsEsbeck Unit 7: The Judicial Branch Test Review
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The highest court in the land is the US –
a)
Court of Appeals
b)
Supreme Court
c)
District Court
d)
High Court
2.
The president appoints Supreme Court justices to serve ___ terms.
a)
1 year
b)
5 year
c)
10 year
d)
lifelong
3.
There are ____ justices are on the Supreme Court.
a)
5
b)
9
c)
12
d)
15
4.
The head of the Supreme Court is known as the _____.
a)
Superior Judge
b)
Chief Justice
c)
Chief Courter
d)
Speaker of the Court
5.
This case established the policy of judicial review
a)
Brown vs. Board of Education
b)
Tinker vs. Des Moines
c)
Marbury vs. Madison
d)
McCulloch vs Maryland
6.
____ decides which cases the Supreme Court hears.
a)
the court itself
b)
the president
c)
Congress
d)
they must hear all cases that are appealed to them
7.
What is Judicial Review?
a)
The Supreme Court shaping polices by addressing social and political issues.
b)
A clause stating that no state may deprive a person of life, liberty, or property.
c)
The Supreme Court avoids taking the initiative on social and political questions.
d)
The Supreme Court's power to declare laws unconstitutional.
8.
A court’s authority to hear and decide cases is its –
a)
judicial review
b)
writ of certiorari
c)
jurisdiction
d)
stare decisis
9.
A ___ is in regard to a noncriminal matter such as a contract dispute or a claim of patent infringement.
a)
criminal case
b)
certificate
c)
civilian tribunal
d)
civil case
10.
When a person who lost a case in a lower court asks judges to review that decision and reverse it, they ask the –
a)
district court
b)
appellate court
c)
county court
d)
trial court
11.
In a civil case, the _____ is who is said to have caused harm.
a)
Victim
b)
Defendant
c)
Plaintiff
d)
justice
12.
What are the 2 court systems found in the United States today?
a)
Appellate & Original Courts
b)
Tax & Territorial Courts
c)
Judge Judy & Judge Mathis
d)
Federal & State Courts
13.
Which 1857 Supreme Court ruling declared slaves to be property and nullified the Missouri Compromise?
a)
Dred Scott v Sandford
b)
McCulloch v Maryland
c)
Engel v. Vitale
d)
Grutter v. Bollinger
14.
What case ruled that state courts are required to provide attorneys to defendants who are not able to afford them?
a)
Gideon v. Wainwright
b)
Miranda v. Arizona
c)
Mapp v. Ohio
d)
Edgewood v. Kirby
15.
Which controversial Supreme Court case held that the relocation of Japanese-American citizens to internment camps during WWII was constitutional?
a)
Korematsu v. US
b)
University of California v. Bakke
c)
Roe v. Wade
d)
Gideon v. Wainwright
16.
Which Supreme Court case found that separate is NOT equal, therefore desegregating public schools?
a)
Plessy v. Ferguson
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Gideon v. Wainwright
d)
Bush v. Gore
17.
This Supreme Court ruling held that a person has to be informed of his or her rights before being arrested and questioned by the police.
a)
Miranda v. Arizona
b)
Gideon v. Wainwright
c)
Tinker v. Des Moines
d)
Plessy v. Ferguson
18.
What case required the president to hand over tapes as evidence in a Congressional investigation?
a)
U.S. v. Nixon
b)
U.S. v. Johnson
c)
U.S. v. Kennedy
d)
U.S. v. Reagan
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