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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.
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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. A body of law based on judges' decisions
Civil Law
Common Law
Morals
Misdemeanor
2. A serious crime for which the penalty can be imprisonment for more than one year
Felony
Criminal Law
Legal Code
Civil Law
3. Beliefs about What is fair and What is right or wrong
Morals
Statutes
Legal Code
Felony
4. Written laws made by legislatures
Civil Disobedience
Common Law
Statutes
Morals
5. Any behavior that is illegal because the government considers it harmful to society
Statutes
Laws
Criminal Law
Crime
6. Breaking a law in a nonviolent way because it goes against personal morals
Criminal Law
Crime
Civil Disobedience
Felony
7. Written collection of laws - often organized by subject
Legal Code
Morals
Crime
Statutes
8. Rules enforced by governments
Civil Disobedience
Criminal Law
Common Law
Laws
9. The group of laws that help settle disagreements between people
Statutes
Crime
Laws
Civil Law
10. The group of laws that tell which acts are crimes - how accused persons should be tried in court - and how crimes should be punished
Laws
Criminal Law
Misdemeanor
Civil Law
11. A less serious crime for which the penalty is often a fine
Misdemeanor
Legal Code
Common Law
Civil Disobedience