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Levels and Branches of Government is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on who makes, carries out and judges laws at each level, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Civ.1.3-5. It prints 2 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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Levels and Branches of Government

D2.Civ.1.3-5

NameDate

Draw a line from each job to the office or body that does it.

1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Is the highest court in the nation
  • Takes over if the governor cannot serve, in many states
  • Makes the state's laws
  • Makes local laws, called ordinances, for a city
  • A.The city council
  • B.The US Supreme Court
  • C.The lieutenant governor
  • D.The state legislature
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Hears cases about state laws
  • Sets rules for the public schools in a school district
  • Runs a county's government in many states
  • Leads the executive branch of a state
  • A.State courts
  • B.A county board or commission
  • C.The school board
  • D.The governor

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Answer key — Levels and Branches of Government

Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Is the highest court in the nation — B (The US Supreme Court) 2. Takes over if the governor cannot serve, in many states — C (The lieutenant governor) 3. Makes the state's laws — D (The state legislature) 4. Makes local laws, called ordinances, for a city — A (The city council)
  2. 2.1. Hears cases about state laws — A (State courts) 2. Sets rules for the public schools in a school district — C (The school board) 3. Runs a county's government in many states — B (A county board or commission) 4. Leads the executive branch of a state — D (The governor)

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Civ.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.