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Civics 8
civics 8 year end exam
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06/01/2005

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What US federal court only has appellate jurisdiction
Definition
circuit court of appeals
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Where did the Hamarabi code come from
Definition
Babilon
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What are the three trial rights
Definition
Right to remain silent
Right to bail
Right to a lawyer
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What is tort law
Definition
sueing (sp?)
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What is a subpeona
Definition
an order to appear in court
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What does remand mean
Definition
send a case back to a lower court
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What type of jurisdiction does the supreme court have
Definition
Appellate and original
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What is In re Gault
Definition
says teens are protected by the constitution
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Roe vs. Wade
Definition
Made abortion legal
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what are the cour types of law
Definition
constitutional law
administrative law
common law
private law
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Gideon vs. Florida
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Public defenders are given to those who need one
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Tinker vs. Des Moines
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Banned prayer in schools
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The name of a fort built here in MI
Definition
Fort Shelby
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Jobs given to friends of the governor by the governor
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patronage
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What does referendum mean
Definition
the people vote directly on a bill already passed by the legislature
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what is extradition
Definition
returning a fugitive to stand trial
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what does municipal court mean
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a city court
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what is a civil case
Definition
a legal dispute between two people
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what are delegated powers
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powers that only the federal government has
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what are concurrent powers
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powers shared bye the federal and state government
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how many voters does a territory need before it can become a state
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60,000
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when did MI become a state`
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1837
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Distributing House seats
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apportion
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what is cloture
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something that is voted on to prevent fillibuster
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what is pocket veto
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if congress is not in session the bill would die after ten days
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a bill that allows congress to spend money
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appropriation
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where implied powers would be found
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elastic clause
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what is censure
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a member of congress is accused of a minor transgression
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the minum age to be a representative
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25
Term
how long a senator must be a citizen
Definition
9 years
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the number of senators
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100
Term
the mumber of years in a representatives term
Definition
2
Term
the total number of representatives
Definition
435
Term
the number of senators from each state
Definition
2
Term
GDP-Gross Domestic Product
Definition
The total dollar value of all the goods and services produced and sold in one country in one year
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what is unit pricing
Definition
a price per unit of a product
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Name one country with a command market
Definition
Cuba
Term
Who develped the steam engine
Definition
James Watt
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What are the four main featres of mass production
Definition
division of labor
standard parts
Machine tools
Power source
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Who invented mass pordction
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Eli Whitney
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Diplomatic note
Definition
Written messages carried by a courier
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Commute
Definition
To shorten a prisoners sentence
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Who is head of the Justice Department
Definition
Attorney General
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reprieve
Definition
When the president postpones a sentence
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bureacracy
Definition
All the different small parts of the exectutive branch
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Free Market
Definition
The exchange between buyers and sellers that is free from government involvement
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Adam Smith
Definition
Developed the economic system of free market
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