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: Writes a bill about school bus safety, The state's highest court decides what a state law means, The governor sends the National Guard to help after a flood, Rangers run the state parks, Votes to change a state law

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

Sort: The governor vetoes a bill, State police enforce traffic laws on highways, A judge sentences someone found guilty of breaking a state law, Holds hearings where citizens speak about a bill, Votes to pass the state budget

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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

Sort: The state transportation department repairs highways, A state judge decides a case, Overrides the governor's veto, Votes to send an amendment to the voters, The governor proposes a budget

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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Answer key — Which Branch of State Government?

Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. Rangers run the state parks — Executive 2. The governor sends the National Guard to help after a flood — Executive 3. The state's highest court decides what a state law means — Judicial 4. Votes to change a state law — Legislative 5. Writes a bill about school bus safety — Legislative
2.1. A judge sentences someone found guilty of breaking a state law — Judicial 2. Holds hearings where citizens speak about a bill — Legislative 3. State police enforce traffic laws on highways — Executive 4. The governor vetoes a bill — Executive 5. Votes to pass the state budget — Legislative
3.1. A state judge decides a case — Judicial 2. Overrides the governor's veto — Legislative 3. The governor proposes a budget — Executive 4. The state transportation department repairs highways — Executive 5. Votes to send an amendment to the voters — Legislative

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