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: A state judge decides a case, State police enforce traffic laws on highways, Holds hearings where citizens speak about a bill, The governor vetoes a bill, Votes to change a state law
LegislativeExecutiveJudicial
2.Sort each one: Legislative or Executive or Judicial?
Sort: The governor signs a bill into law, Votes to send an amendment to the voters, The governor sends the National Guard to help after a flood, A jury in a state court hears a trial, State senators debate a new bill
LegislativeExecutiveJudicial
3.Sort each one: Legislative or Executive or Judicial?
Sort: Writes a bill about school bus safety, The state transportation department repairs highways, Rangers run the state parks, An appeals court reviews a trial, Votes to pass the state budget
LegislativeExecutiveJudicial
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Answer key — Which Branch of State Government?
Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A state judge decides a case — Judicial 2. Holds hearings where citizens speak about a bill — Legislative 3. State police enforce traffic laws on highways — Executive 4. The governor vetoes a bill — Executive 5. Votes to change a state law — Legislative
2.1. A jury in a state court hears a trial — Judicial 2. State senators debate a new bill — Legislative 3. The governor sends the National Guard to help after a flood — Executive 4. The governor signs a bill into law — Executive 5. Votes to send an amendment to the voters — Legislative
3.1. An appeals court reviews a trial — Judicial 2. Rangers run the state parks — Executive 3. The state transportation department repairs highways — Executive 4. Votes to pass the state budget — Legislative 5. Writes a bill about school bus safety — Legislative
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Civ.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.