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The Judicial Branch

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The head of the Judicial Branch is known as the....

a)

Federal Court

b)

Local Court

c)

Supreme Court

d)

District Court

2.

________________ courts are the first level of the Judicial branch where cases are heard and tried by a jury

a)

Appellate

b)

District

c)

Supreme

d)

Trial

3.

__________________ courts look at cases to see if the trial was properly carried out

a)

District

b)

Appellate

c)

Trial

d)

Supreme

4.

if someone is given the same, fair chance in their trial as any other person, they are given ____________________________

a)

Judicial Review

b)

Popular Soverignty

c)

Judicial Soverignty

d)

Due Process

5.

___________________ take appeals on the Federal level (look over cases already heard)

a)

District

b)

Circuit

c)

Local

d)

State Supreme

6.

How many Circuit Courts are there? (NOT including Washington DC)

a)

9

b)

11

c)

12

d)

15

7.

a _______________________ is a group of people that determine the guilt of someone accused in a court of law

a)

Committee

b)

Mandate

c)

Cabinet

d)

Jury

8.

In Ohio, justices on the state Supreme Court are ________________

a)

Directed

b)

Elected

c)

Appointed

d)

Tested

9.

A Writ of Cert is when the Supreme Court...

a)

sends a case back to the same court

b)

issues a ruling on a case without hearing it.

c)

dismisses a case without review.

d)

ordes a lower court to send up the records of a case for review.

10.

There are ________ justices on the Supreme Court

a)

9

b)

10

c)

11

d)

13

11.

___________________ is when the supreme court determines if a law is constitutional

a)
Constitutional amendment
b)

Judicial review

c)

Executive Determination

d)

Legislative review

12.

Supreme Court cases that set a standard for future cases are called _______________

a)

Landmark Cases

b)

Judicial guidelines

c)

Judicial rulings

d)

Set Standards

13.

____________ cases cover content centered around money and property

a)
Civil cases
b)
Criminal cases
c)
Financial cases
d)
Environmental cases
14.

____________ cases deal with crimes against the public with laws of both the state and federal government.

a)

State

b)

Civil

c)

Criminal

d)

Federal

15.

When a higher court orders a lower court to redo their trial

a)
Appeal
b)

Reversed

c)

Remanded

d)

Overview

16.

If a higher court agrees with a court, they ______________ the ruling

a)
affirm
b)
remand
c)
dismiss
d)
overturn