
Judicial Branch in a Flash
Quiz by Michelle Nevin
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- Q1When someone is accused of a crime, the type of case is...civilcriminal20s
- Q2If you appeal a case, you are going toappellate courttrial court20s
- Q3The court that gets to decide what is constitutionalCourt of AppealsSupreme Court20s
- Q4If the appellate court thinks a decision was wrong, it willaffirm the decisionreverse the direction20s
- Q5If a group of people gives the verdict after a trial, that trial was ajury trialbench trial20s
- Q6A word that means "relating to the rights of citizens"criminalcivil20s
- Q7The Supreme Court hasnine justicesthree justices20s
- Q8If an appellate court sends a case back to the trial court, it hasremanded the caseaffirmed the case20s
- Q9If you go to the Court of Appeals, you will seethree judgesone judge20s
- Q10The decision in a case is called theevidenceverdict20s
- Q11If you break a law of the United States, your case will probably be instate courtfederal court20s
- Q12At trial, lawyers try to prove their case usingan appealevidence20s
- Q13State courts were created bystate constitutionsthe US constitutions20s