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, Rangers run the state parks, The governor proposes a budget, State senators debate a new bill, Votes to pass the state budget

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

Sort: Writes a bill about school bus safety, The governor sends the National Guard to help after a flood, Holds hearings where citizens speak about a bill, State police enforce traffic laws on highways, A court decides whether a law breaks the state constitution

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

Sort: Votes to change a state law, The governor signs a bill into law, A judge sentences someone found guilty of breaking a state law, The governor vetoes a bill, Overrides the governor's veto

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Answer key — Which Branch of State Government?

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. An appeals court reviews a trial — Judicial 2. Rangers run the state parks — Executive 3. State senators debate a new bill — Legislative 4. The governor proposes a budget — Executive 5. Votes to pass the state budget — Legislative
2.1. A court decides whether a law breaks the state constitution — Judicial 2. Holds hearings where citizens speak about a bill — Legislative 3. State police enforce traffic laws on highways — Executive 4. The governor sends the National Guard to help after a flood — Executive 5. Writes a bill about school bus safety — Legislative
3.1. A judge sentences someone found guilty of breaking a state law — Judicial 2. Overrides the governor's veto — Legislative 3. The governor signs a bill into law — 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.