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 signs a bill into law, The governor proposes a budget, Writes a bill about school bus safety, State senators debate a new bill

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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

Sort: State police enforce traffic laws on highways, Overrides the governor's veto, Holds hearings where citizens speak about a bill, A judge sentences someone found guilty of breaking a state law, The governor sends the National Guard to help after a flood

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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

Sort: Votes to change a state law, Votes to pass the state budget, The state transportation department repairs highways, The governor vetoes a bill, A jury in a state court hears a trial

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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Answer key — Which Branch of State Government?

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. An appeals court reviews a trial — Judicial 2. State senators debate a new bill — Legislative 3. The governor proposes a budget — Executive 4. The governor signs a bill into law — Executive 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. Overrides the governor's veto — Legislative 4. State police enforce traffic laws on highways — Executive 5. The governor sends the National Guard to help after a flood — Executive
3.1. A jury in a state court hears a trial — Judicial 2. The governor vetoes a bill — Executive 3. The state transportation department repairs highways — Executive 4. Votes to change a state law — Legislative 5. Votes to pass the state budget — Legislative

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