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: Putting out fires in your neighborhood, Fixing potholes on city streets, Giving licenses to nurses and doctors, Making treaties with other countries, Giving out passports for travel abroad, Giving out car license plates

LocalStateNational

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

Sort: Running the public schools in your school district, Collecting trash from homes in town, Running state parks, Running state universities, Running national parks such as Yellowstone, Printing paper money

LocalStateNational

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

Sort: Building and repairing state highways, Running the city police department, Deciding who can become a US citizen, Writing and changing the state constitution, Running the US Postal Service, Deciding where stop signs go on neighborhood streets

LocalStateNational

LessonPrint · D2.Civ.5.3-5 · Set 16 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Local, State or National Government?

Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. Fixing potholes on city streets — Local 2. Giving licenses to nurses and doctors — State 3. Giving out car license plates — State 4. Giving out passports for travel abroad — National 5. Making treaties with other countries — National 6. Putting out fires in your neighborhood — Local
2.1. Collecting trash from homes in town — Local 2. Printing paper money — National 3. Running national parks such as Yellowstone — National 4. Running state parks — State 5. Running state universities — State 6. Running the public schools in your school district — Local
3.1. Building and repairing state highways — State 2. Deciding where stop signs go on neighborhood streets — Local 3. Deciding who can become a US citizen — National 4. Running the city police department — Local 5. Running the US Postal Service — National 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.