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Constitution Vocabulary
Test Description: This review game covers important vocabulary related to the Constitution.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) This clause states that the federal Constitution and federal law are superior to the state constitutions and state laws.
A
Necessary and Proper Clause
B
Due Process Clause
C
Elastic Clause
D
Supremacy Clause
2) The _____ tells us that not all powers possessed by Congress are explicitly stated.
A
Necessary and Proper Clause
B
Emoluments Clause
C
Supremacy Clause
D
Due Process Clause
3) Article VI forbids this type of test to determine fitness for office.
A
Citizenship
B
Residency
C
Religious
D
Age
4) A legal situation where actual interests are at stake
A
writ of habeas corpus
B
indictment
C
Case or controversy
D
Jurisdiction
5) A court order requiring the government to give legal reasons for holding a person in custody
A
habeas corpus
B
ex post facto law
C
indictment
D
bill of attainder
6) A law making an act illegal after it was done
A
Ex post facto law
B
habeas corpus
C
Indictment
D
Bill of Attainder
7) “Punishment by legislature”; this punishment is forbidden by the Constitution
A
indictment
B
Bill of Attainder
C
Habeas Corpus
D
ex post facto law
8) Formal, written accusation of a crime
A
Bill of Attainder
B
warrant
C
Impeachment
D
Indictment
9) The act of accusing a public official with misconduct
A
writ
B
Bill of attainder
C
Impeachment
D
indictment
10) Request to have a lower court decision reviewed by a higher court
A
appeal
B
jurisdiction
C
warrant
D
indictment
11) The authority of a court to hear and decide issues of law
A
appellate jurisdiction
B
warrant
C
jurisdiction
D
original jurisdiction
12) the authority to hear a case the first time it is argued
A
appellate jurisdiction
B
appeal
C
jurisdiction
D
original jurisdiction
13) the authority to hear a case on appeal
A
appeal
B
indictment
C
original jurisdiction
D
appellate jurisdiction
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