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: Votes to change a state law, Holds hearings where citizens speak about a bill, The governor vetoes a bill, A court decides whether a law breaks the state constitution, The governor proposes a budget

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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

Sort: The governor signs a bill into law, State police enforce traffic laws on highways, Overrides the governor's veto, Writes a bill about school bus safety, An appeals court reviews a trial

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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

Sort: Rangers run the state parks, State senators debate a new bill, Votes to send an amendment to the voters, The governor sends the National Guard to help after a flood, A judge settles a dispute between two businesses

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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Answer key — Which Branch of State Government?

Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.

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