
Introduction to Law Quiz
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- Q1This is the term for the study of law and legal philosophy.JurisprudenceDecretumMisdemeanorLaw30s
- Q2This is the term for rules and regulations made and enforced by government that regulate the conduct of people within a society.CommandmentsMandatesSubpoeanasLaw30s
- Q3Laws impact almost all parts of your life.truefalseTrue or False30s
- Q4Match each activity with the law that regulates it. (Click on an item in the left column, and then click the item that corresponds to it in the right column to link them.)Users link answersLinking30s
- Q5Not every society has had a law system.falsetrueTrue or False30s
- Q6Some laws are unwritten.truefalseTrue or False30s
- Q7How are laws and values related?All of these choices are true.All of our laws tell us what we should value in the future.Laws reflect and promote our society's values.All of our values are made into laws.30s
- Q8What are our values?They are our ideas as a society about what is right and what is wrong.They are ideas that the Founding Fathers wanted to put into the Constitution.They are what we look at when we judge a person's guilt or innocence.They are used to determine how our judicial system operates.30s
- Q9Which of the following is NOT a goal of the legal system in the United States?Protecting basic human rights.Protecting the rights of the majority.Promoting fairness.Helping resolve conflicts.30s
- Q10What values are represented in our laws?Moral, economic, historical, and social valuesMoral, educational, political, and religious valuesMoral, economic, political, and social valuesMoral, historical, political, and scientific values30s
- Q11What value is seen in a law prohibiting murder?PoliticalEconomicMoralEducational30s
- Q12What value is seen in a law prohibiting shoplifting?MoralSocialEconomicAll of these values are seen in this law30s
- Q13Put the values that are represented in a LAW ABOUT THE VOTING AGE into the correct box. (Click a value and then click the box to put it in.)Users sort answers between categoriesSorting30s
- Q14Laws change over time based on how our values change.truefalseTrue or False30s
- Q15When someone breaks a law it is considered a crime against an individual person.falsetrueTrue or False30s