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The Three Branches is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on what each branch of the US government does, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Civ.5.3-5. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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The Three Branches

D2.Civ.5.3-5

NameDate

Sort each one into the branch of the US government it belongs to.

1.Sort each one: Legislative or Executive or Judicial?

Sort: Carries out the laws, The President, Congress, Has nine justices, Is led by the Chief Justice, Decides how the national government spends money

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial
2.Sort each one: Legislative or Executive or Judicial?

Sort: Hears cases and settles disagreements about the law, The Senate, The House of Representatives, Lives and works in the White House, Decides what laws mean, The Vice President

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial
3.Sort each one: Legislative or Executive or Judicial?

Sort: Federal judges and courts, Can veto a bill, Signs bills to make them laws, Makes the laws, Votes on new laws, called bills, The Supreme Court

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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Answer key — The Three Branches

Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Carries out the laws — Executive 2. Congress — Legislative 3. Decides how the national government spends money — Legislative 4. Has nine justices — Judicial 5. Is led by the Chief Justice — Judicial 6. The President — Executive
  2. 2.1. Decides what laws mean — Judicial 2. Hears cases and settles disagreements about the law — Judicial 3. Lives and works in the White House — Executive 4. The House of Representatives — Legislative 5. The Senate — Legislative 6. The Vice President — Executive
  3. 3.1. Can veto a bill — Executive 2. Federal judges and courts — Judicial 3. Makes the laws — Legislative 4. Signs bills to make them laws — Executive 5. The Supreme Court — Judicial 6. Votes on new laws, called bills — Legislative

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Civ.5.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.