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GOV SUPREME COURT VIDEO

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

What do they call the highest court in the United States?
a.
Superior Court
c.
Applet Court
b.
Inferior Court
d.
Supreme Court
 

 2. 

What governs our society?
a.
Kings
c.
The Law
b.
Dictators
d.
The churches
 

 3. 

Where are laws made?
a.
Legislative Branch
c.
Judicial Branch
b.
Executive Branch
 

 4. 

Which branch puts the laws into action?
a.
Legislative Branch
c.
Judicial Branch
b.
Executive Brnch
 

 5. 

Which branch interprets the law to say what the law means?
a.
Legislative Branch
c.
Judicial Branch
b.
Executive Branch
 

 6. 

Why did the Founding Fathers divide the government into branches, called separation of powers?
a.
to keep any one branch from becoming too powerful
c.
to make the U.S. government more powerful
b.
to allow one branch to be superior to the others
d.
to make room for the states
 

 7. 

Which Supreme Court case established the power of the Supreme Court?
a.
Brown v. Board of Education
c.
Sweat v.Texas
b.
Marbury v. Madison
d.
Gore v. Florida
 

 8. 

What is Judicial Review?
a.
Listing a court case in the newspapers for review.
c.
The power of the court to say if a law agrees with the Constitution
b.
Checking to see if the spelling and punctuation of a law is ok
d.
Laws about show business
 

 9. 

If you steal a car inside a state you are breaking a
a.
state law
b.
U.S. law
 

 10. 

If you steal a car inside a state and take it to another state so you are now involving two states, which law are you breaking?
a.
state law
b.
U.S. law
 

 11. 

Breaking a law, such as robbing a 7/11 is breaking a
a.
civil law
b.
criminal law
 

 12. 

Declaring bankruptcy or suing someone is called
a.
criminal law
b.
civil law
 

 13. 

What is it called when you do not agree with the decision of a court so you ask a higher court to look at your case?
a.
appeal appellate jurisdiction
b.
original jurisdiction
 

 14. 

How long are Supreme Court justices appointed for?
a.
2 years
c.
6 years
b.
4 years
d.
life
 

 15. 

Who was the first African American appointed to the Supreme Court by President Johnson?
a.
Martin Luther King
c.
Ralph Bunch
b.
Thurgood Marshall
d.
Nelson Mandella
 

 16. 

Who appoints people to the Supreme Court?
a.
The Senate
c.
The President
b.
The Court of Appeals
d.
The House of Representatives
 

 17. 

Who must confirm appointments to the Supreme Court made by the President?
a.
the House of Representatives
c.
the Justice Department
b.
the Senate
d.
the lower courts
 

 18. 

Which country has the longest living constitution?
a.
United States
c.
England
b.
Canada
d.
France
 

 19. 

The right to express yourself through social media on the Internet is considered
a.
the freedom to travel
c.
free speech
b.
Miranda Rights
d.
religious freedom
 

 20. 

The kind of clothes you wear is considered a matter of
a.
free speech
c.
free fashion
b.
free dress
d.
free travel
 

 21. 

Which Supreme Court ruling established the first amendment rights of kids?
a.
Tinker Bell v. Disney
c.
Brown v. Board of Education
b.
Miranda v. State of Arizona
d.
Tinker v. Des Moines
 



 
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