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: The state's highest court decides what a state law means, Writes a bill about school bus safety, State senators debate a new bill, The governor proposes a budget, State police enforce traffic laws on highways

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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

Sort: Votes to send an amendment to the voters, The governor signs a bill into law, A judge sentences someone found guilty of breaking a state law, Votes to pass the state budget, The governor sends the National Guard to help after a flood

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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

Sort: Overrides the governor's veto, A jury in a state court hears a trial, Rangers run the state parks, The governor vetoes a bill, Votes to change a state law

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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Answer key — Which Branch of State Government?

Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. State police enforce traffic laws on highways — Executive 2. State senators debate a new bill — Legislative 3. The governor proposes a budget — Executive 4. The state's highest court decides what a state law means — Judicial 5. Writes a bill about school bus safety — Legislative
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. Votes to send an amendment to the voters — Legislative
3.1. A jury in a state court hears a trial — Judicial 2. Overrides the governor's veto — Legislative 3. Rangers run the state parks — Executive 4. The governor vetoes a bill — 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.