Chapter 7 Study Guide

What are the three branches of government?

• Judicial, Legislative, Executive

• Judicial, Supreme Court, Congress

• Supreme Court, District Courts, Congress

• Democrat, Republican, Neutral

What makes up the judiciary branch of the government?

Name the three types of civil disputes?

• Between two private parties, between private party and government, between U.S. government and a state or local government or between state governments

• Between two public parties, between private party and government, between U.S. government and a state or national government or between countries governments

• Between two private parties, between public party and government, between U.S. government and a state or local government or between state governments

• Between two public parties, between private party and government, between U.S. government and a state or local government or between state governments

Why did the Framers of the Constitution create a federal judiciary

• to solve the problems caused by having no national court system

• to solve the problems caused by having no local court system

• to solve the problems caused by republicans

• to solve NOTHING

Where do the federal courts get their power from?

• U.S. constitution and federal laws

• congress and the people

• U.S. constitution ONLY

• The federal courts create their power

Which court is at the top of the federal court system?

What type of cases does a district court take?

Name the three decisions that the judges of the appeals court can make.

• they can uphold the result of the trial, they can remand the case, they can reverse the result of the trial

• they can uphold the people of the trial, they can remand the case, they can recreate the result of the trial

• they can uphold the result of the trial, they can not remand the case, they can reverse the result of the trial

• they can not uphold anything, they can uphold the case, they can remake the result of the trial

What sets the precedent for all courts and agencies within a district?

What do all federal judges have in common?

• All federal judges are nominated by president, approved by senate, life-time tenure

• All federal judges are nominated by Senate, approved by president, 4 year long tenure

• All federal judges are nominated by president, approved by president, life-time tenure

• All federal judges are nominated by president, approved by senate, no tenure benefits