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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.
  • Sets rules for the public schools in a school district
  • Leads the government of many cities
  • Is the highest court in the nation
  • Takes over if the governor cannot serve, in many states
  • A.The mayor
  • B.The school board
  • C.The lieutenant governor
  • D.The US Supreme Court
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Makes laws for the whole nation
  • Takes over if the President cannot serve
  • Makes the state's laws
  • Makes local laws, called ordinances, for a city
  • A.The state legislature
  • B.The Vice President
  • C.Congress
  • D.The city council

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Answer key — Levels and Branches of Government

Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Sets rules for the public schools in a school district — B (The school board) 2. Leads the government of many cities — A (The mayor) 3. Is the highest court in the nation — D (The US Supreme Court) 4. Takes over if the governor cannot serve, in many states — C (The lieutenant governor)
  2. 2.1. Makes laws for the whole nation — C (Congress) 2. Takes over if the President cannot serve — B (The Vice President) 3. Makes the state's laws — A (The state legislature) 4. Makes local laws, called ordinances, for a city — D (The city council)

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