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 governor sends the National Guard to help after a flood, Votes to change a state law, Overrides the governor's veto, The state's highest court decides what a state law means, The state transportation department repairs highways

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

Sort: A judge settles a dispute between two businesses, Writes a bill about school bus safety, Votes to pass the state budget, State police enforce traffic laws on highways, The governor proposes a budget

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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

Sort: A jury in a state court hears a trial, Holds hearings where citizens speak about a bill, Votes to send an amendment to the voters, Rangers run the state parks, The governor vetoes a bill

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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Answer key — Which Branch of State Government?

Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.

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