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 pass the state budget, Writes a bill about school bus safety, A judge sentences someone found guilty of breaking a state law, The governor sends the National Guard to help after a flood, The governor vetoes a bill

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

Sort: State senators debate a new bill, Votes to change a state law, The governor signs a bill into law, The state transportation department repairs highways, A court decides whether a law breaks the state constitution

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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

Sort: Overrides the governor's veto, Votes to send an amendment to the voters, A state judge decides a case, The governor proposes a budget, State police enforce traffic laws on highways

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Answer key — Which Branch of State Government?

Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. 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 vetoes a bill — Executive 4. Votes to pass the state budget — Legislative 5. Writes a bill about school bus safety — Legislative
2.1. A court decides whether a law breaks the state constitution — Judicial 2. State senators debate a new bill — Legislative 3. The governor signs a bill into law — Executive 4. The state transportation department repairs highways — Executive 5. Votes to change a state law — Legislative
3.1. A state judge decides a case — Judicial 2. Overrides the governor's veto — Legislative 3. State police enforce traffic laws on highways — Executive 4. The governor proposes a budget — 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.