Civics 16 and 17

Question 0

Morals

Answer 0

Beliefs about what is fair and what is right or wrong

Question 1

Laws

Answer 1

Rules enforced by governments

Question 2

Civil disobiedience

Answer 2

Breaking a law in a nonviolent way because it goes against personal morals

Question 3

Statutes

Answer 3

Written laws made by legislatures

Question 4

Common law

Answer 4

A body of law based on judge’s decisions

Question 5

Legal code

Answer 5

Written collection of law often organized by subject

Question 6

Crime

Answer 6

Any behavior that is illegal because the government considers it harmful to society

Question 7

Criminal Law

Answer 7

Group of laws that tell which acts are crimes, how accused persons should be tried in court and how crimes should be punished

Question 8

Felony

Answer 8

Serious crime for which the penalty can be inprisonment for more than one year

Question 9

Misdemeanor

Answer 9

A less serious crime for which the penalty is often a fine

Question 10

Civil Law

Answer 10

Group of laws that help settle disagreements between people

Question 11

Assault

Answer 11

Placing someone in fear without actual physical contact

Question 12

Battery

Answer 12

If physical contact occurs with a weapon or a foot

Question 13

Burglary

Answer 13

When a person breaks into a building and plans to do something illegal inside

Question 14

Embezzlement

Answer 14

Stealing money that has been entrusted in your care

Question 15

Treason

Answer 15

Betrayal of one’s country by helping its enemies or by making war against it

Question 16

Terrorism

Answer 16

A crime in which people or groups of people use or say they will use violence in order to get what they want from the government or society

Question 17

Probable cause

Answer 17

A food reason to believe that has a suspect has been involved in a crime

Question 18

Warrant

Answer 18

A legal paper issued by a court giving police permission to make an arrest seizure or search

Question 19

Bail

Answer 19

Money that a defendant gives the court as a kind of promise that he or she will return for their trial

Question 20

Indictment

Answer 20

A formal charge against the accused

Question 21

Arraignment

Answer 21

A court hearing in which the defendant is formally charged with a crime and enters a plea of guilty, not guilty or no contest

Question 22

Plea bargaining

Answer 22

Agreeing to plead guilty in exchange for a lesser charge or lighter sentence

Question 23

Parole

Answer 23

Letting an inmate to free to serve the rest of their sentence outside of prison

Question 24

Delinquent

Answer 24

A juvenile who is found guilty of a crime

Question 25

Status offender

Answer 25

A youth found guilty of running away, disobidience, or truancy- skipping school without permission