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Which Branch of State Government? is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on sorting state government actions into the three branches, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Civ.1.3-5. 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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Which Branch of State Government?

D2.Civ.1.3-5

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Sort each action into the branch of state government that does it.

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

Sort: A court decides whether a law breaks the state constitution, Votes to pass the state budget, Votes to change a state law, The governor vetoes a bill, The governor signs a bill into law

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

Sort: Writes a bill about school bus safety, A state judge decides a case, Rangers run the state parks, Votes to send an amendment to the voters, State police enforce traffic laws on highways

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

Sort: Overrides the governor's veto, The governor proposes a budget, The governor sends the National Guard to help after a flood, Holds hearings where citizens speak about a bill, A judge settles a dispute between two businesses

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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Answer key — Which Branch of State Government?

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  1. 1.1. A court decides whether a law breaks the state constitution — Judicial 2. The governor signs a bill into law — Executive 3. The governor vetoes a bill — Executive 4. Votes to change a state law — Legislative 5. Votes to pass the state budget — Legislative
  2. 2.1. A state judge decides a case — Judicial 2. Rangers run the state parks — Executive 3. State police enforce traffic laws on highways — Executive 4. Votes to send an amendment to the voters — Legislative 5. Writes a bill about school bus safety — Legislative
  3. 3.1. A judge settles a dispute between two businesses — Judicial 2. Holds hearings where citizens speak about a bill — Legislative 3. Overrides the governor's veto — Legislative 4. The governor proposes a budget — Executive 5. The governor sends the National Guard to help after a flood — Executive

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