Topic 9 Assessment

Which type of law deals with relationships and disagreements between people?

• civil law

• criminal law

• military law

• case law

What type of law is based on customs and prior legal decisions, and is used in civil cases?

• civil law

• common law

• criminal law

• military law

What type of law deals with crimes and the punishments for those crimes?

• civil law

• criminal law

• constitutional law

• statutory law

What type of law deals with people who are under the age of 18?

• civil law

• statutory law

• juvenile law

• common law

Laws passed by Congress or a state legislature are called...

• civil law

• case law

• common law

• statutory law

What was a written code of rules that guided the society of Babylon and is known for its strict punishments?

• Magna Carta

• Code of Hammurabi

• Epic of Gilgamesh

• The Vedas

Look at the graphic and correctly identify the types of law involved.

• 1.  civil law; 2.  state law; 3.  military law; 4.  federal law
• 1.  civil law; 2.  federal law; 3.  state law; 4.  military law
• 1.  state law; 2.  civil law; 3.  criminal law; 4.  federal law
• 1.  federal law; 2.  state law; 3.  military law; 4.  civil law

Why were Hammurabi's Code, the Twelve Tables and the Code of Justinian significant?

• They established official religions.
• They established new economic systems
• They established democratic governments.
• They established written laws for the entire community.

Which of the following would be most likely to result in a civil case? 

• a person slips at a neighbor's house and breaks a leg 
• a person robs another at gunpoint 
• a person is caught breaking into a house 
• a person drives through a red light 

Which of the following would be most likely to result in a criminal case? 

• a person slips at a neighbor's house and breaks a leg 
• A soldier is AWOL
• a person is caught breaking into a house 
• a person drives through a red light