Local, State or National Government? is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on which level of US government provides a service, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Civ.5.3-5. 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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Local, State or National Government?

D2.Civ.5.3-5

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Sort each service into the level of government that provides it.

1.Sort each one: Local or State or National?

Sort: Printing paper money, Giving out passports for travel abroad, Running the city police department, Building and repairing state highways, Giving out car license plates, Putting out fires in your neighborhood

LocalStateNational

2.Sort each one: Local or State or National?

Sort: Running national parks such as Yellowstone, Running state universities, Deciding where stop signs go on neighborhood streets, Collecting trash from homes in town, Giving out driver's licenses, Making coins at the US Mint

LocalStateNational

3.Sort each one: Local or State or National?

Sort: Running the town's public library, Making treaties with other countries, Fixing potholes on city streets, Running the army, navy and air force, Running state parks, Writing and changing the state constitution

LocalStateNational

LessonPrint · D2.Civ.5.3-5 · Set 13 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Local, State or National Government?

Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. Building and repairing state highways — State 2. Giving out car license plates — State 3. Giving out passports for travel abroad — National 4. Printing paper money — National 5. Putting out fires in your neighborhood — Local 6. Running the city police department — Local
2.1. Collecting trash from homes in town — Local 2. Deciding where stop signs go on neighborhood streets — Local 3. Giving out driver's licenses — State 4. Making coins at the US Mint — National 5. Running national parks such as Yellowstone — National 6. Running state universities — State
3.1. Fixing potholes on city streets — Local 2. Making treaties with other countries — National 3. Running state parks — State 4. Running the army, navy and air force — National 5. Running the town's public library — Local 6. Writing and changing the state constitution — State

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Civ.5.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.