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Civics American Legal System
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Subject
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civics
Instructions:
Answer 11 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Breaking a law in a nonviolent way because it goes against personal morals
Civil Disobedience
Legal Code
Criminal Law
Laws
2. Rules enforced by governments
Laws
Felony
Legal Code
Civil Disobedience
3. The group of laws that help settle disagreements between people
Morals
Civil Law
Legal Code
Misdemeanor
4. The group of laws that tell which acts are crimes - how accused persons should be tried in court - and how crimes should be punished
Common Law
Criminal Law
Civil Disobedience
Laws
5. Any behavior that is illegal because the government considers it harmful to society
Crime
Morals
Legal Code
Civil Disobedience
6. Written collection of laws - often organized by subject
Laws
Crime
Legal Code
Felony
7. Written laws made by legislatures
Civil Law
Common Law
Morals
Statutes
8. Beliefs about What is fair and What is right or wrong
Morals
Felony
Criminal Law
Laws
9. A serious crime for which the penalty can be imprisonment for more than one year
Crime
Felony
Civil Law
Criminal Law
10. A body of law based on judges' decisions
Common Law
Felony
Morals
Misdemeanor
11. A less serious crime for which the penalty is often a fine
Civil Disobedience
Misdemeanor
Common Law
Crime