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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: An appeals court reviews a trial, The governor proposes a budget, Rangers run the state parks, Votes to send an amendment to the voters, Overrides the governor's veto

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

Sort: Writes a bill about school bus safety, The governor signs a bill into law, The governor sends the National Guard to help after a flood, Votes to pass the state budget, A judge sentences someone found guilty of breaking a state law

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

Sort: A court decides whether a law breaks the state constitution, Votes to change a state law, Holds hearings where citizens speak about a bill, The state transportation department repairs highways, The governor vetoes a bill

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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Answer key — Which Branch of State Government?

Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. An appeals court reviews a trial — Judicial 2. Overrides the governor's veto — Legislative 3. Rangers run the state parks — Executive 4. The governor proposes a budget — Executive 5. Votes to send an amendment to the voters — Legislative
  2. 2.1. A judge sentences someone found guilty of breaking a state law — Judicial 2. The governor sends the National Guard to help after a flood — Executive 3. The governor signs a bill into law — Executive 4. Votes to pass the state budget — Legislative 5. Writes a bill about school bus safety — Legislative
  3. 3.1. A court decides whether a law breaks the state constitution — Judicial 2. Holds hearings where citizens speak about a bill — Legislative 3. The governor vetoes a bill — Executive 4. The state transportation department repairs highways — Executive 5. Votes to change a state law — Legislative

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