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, The governor sends the National Guard to help after a flood, Votes to send an amendment to the voters, The state transportation department repairs highways, Overrides the governor's veto

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

Sort: A judge settles a dispute between two businesses, Votes to change a state law, The governor signs a bill into law, Rangers run the state parks, Writes a bill about school bus safety

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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

Sort: Votes to pass the state budget, State police enforce traffic laws on highways, A state judge decides a case, The governor proposes a budget, State senators debate a new bill

LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

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Answer key — Which Branch of State Government?

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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 send an amendment to the voters — Legislative
2.1. A judge settles a dispute between two businesses — Judicial 2. Rangers run the state parks — Executive 3. The governor signs a bill into law — Executive 4. Votes to change a state law — Legislative 5. Writes a bill about school bus safety — Legislative
3.1. A state judge decides a case — Judicial 2. State police enforce traffic laws on highways — Executive 3. State senators debate a new bill — Legislative 4. The governor proposes a budget — Executive 5. Votes to pass the state budget — Legislative

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Civ.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.