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

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Answer key — Levels and Branches of Government

Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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