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

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

Sort: State police enforce traffic laws on highways, State senators debate a new bill, Overrides the governor's veto, The state's highest court decides what a state law means, The governor vetoes a bill

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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

Sort: The state transportation department repairs highways, Votes to change a state law, A court decides whether a law breaks the state constitution, Rangers run the state parks, Votes to send an amendment to the voters

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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Answer key — Which Branch of State Government?

Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.

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