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SS.7.CG.1.8 & 2.4 Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the meaning of ex post facto?

a)

A law that makes an act a crime after the crime has been committed

b)

The process of asking a higher court to decide whether a trial was conducted properly

c)

The principle that the government has to provide a cause or reason for holding a person in jail

d)

A court decision in an earlier case with facts and legal issues similar to those in a case currently before a court

2.

What is the principle of habeas corpus?

a)

A law that makes an act a crime after the crime has been committed

b)

The process of asking a higher court to decide whether a trial was conducted properly

c)

The principle that the government has to provide a cause or reason for holding a person in jail

d)

A court decision in an earlier case with facts and legal issues similar to those in a case currently before a court

3.

What is the meaning of independent judiciary?

a)

A law that makes an act a crime after the crime has been committed

b)

The process of asking a higher court to decide whether a trial was conducted properly

c)

The principle that the government has to provide a cause or reason for holding a person in jail

d)

Decisions from the courts are fair and impartial and are not influenced by the other branches of government

4.

What is a precedent in legal terms?

a)

A law that makes an act a crime after the crime has been committed

b)

The process of asking a higher court to decide whether a trial was conducted properly

c)

A court decision in an earlier case with facts and legal issues similar to those in a case currently before a court

d)

Decisions from the courts are fair and impartial and are not influenced by the other branches of government

5.

What is the meaning of privacy in legal terms?

a)

Not in public

b)

Common benefit, the general of the public

c)

The principle that the government has to provide a cause or reason for holding a person in jail

d)

A judgment decided by a trial court without that case going to trial

6.

It was in the ___________________ for the CDC to share information during Covid.

a)

privacy

b)

safeguard

c)

public interest

d)

best interest

7.

The U.S. Constitution __________ some citizen's rights, but then limits others.

a)

expresses

b)

safeguards

c)

enumerates

d)

expands

8.

Johnny's attorney asked the judge for a _______________________ because the state had not proven its case.

a)

summary judgement

b)

appellate judgement

c)

writ

d)

habeas corpus

9.

The jurors requested that the judge interpret the _______ for them.

a)

evidence

b)

ordinance

c)

writ

d)

regulation

10.

What does the term 'defense' mean?

a)

A. Protecting oneself

b)

B. Establishing fair rules

c)

C. Referring to something at home

d)

D. Making sure

11.

What does the term 'domestic' refer to?

a)

A. Protecting oneself

b)

B. Establishing fair rules

c)

C. Referring to something at home

d)

D. Making sure

12.

Which term means 'to make sure'?

a)

A. Defense

b)

B. Domestic

c)

C. Insure

d)

D. Ensure

13.

What does the term 'justice' refer to?

a)

A. Future generations

b)

B. The introduction to the U.S. Constitution

c)

C. Peace

d)

D. Establishing what is legal and illegal by fair rules

14.

What does the term 'welfare' mean?

a)

A. Establishing something by law

b)

B. The introduction to the U.S. Constitution

c)

C. Peace

d)

D. Well-being

15.

To establish something by law

a)

prosterity

b)

justice

c)

ordain

d)

insure

16.

Our treatment of the planet will be felt by our ______.

a)

welfare

b)

tranquility

c)

union

d)

posterity

17.

The introduction to the U.S. Constitution is called

a)

The Posterity

b)

The Union

c)

The Preamble

d)

The Tranquility

18.

Tranquility refers to

a)

peace

b)

water

c)

war

d)

justice

19.

The United States of America form a ______.

a)

Preamble

b)

Union

c)

Welfare State

d)

Prosterity