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: Giving out driver's licenses, Giving out car license plates, Running the army, navy and air force, Collecting trash from homes in town, Running the US Postal Service, Deciding where stop signs go on neighborhood streets

LocalStateNational

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

Sort: Running state parks, Giving out passports for travel abroad, Running the state highway patrol, Running the town's public library, Making coins at the US Mint, Putting out fires in your neighborhood

LocalStateNational

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

Sort: Running national parks such as Yellowstone, Making treaties with other countries, Fixing potholes on city streets, Giving licenses to nurses and doctors, Running state universities, Running the public schools in your school district

LocalStateNational

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Answer key — Local, State or National Government?

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. Collecting trash from homes in town — Local 2. Deciding where stop signs go on neighborhood streets — Local 3. Giving out car license plates — State 4. Giving out driver's licenses — State 5. Running the army, navy and air force — National 6. Running the US Postal Service — National
2.1. Giving out passports for travel abroad — National 2. Making coins at the US Mint — National 3. Putting out fires in your neighborhood — Local 4. Running state parks — State 5. Running the state highway patrol — State 6. Running the town's public library — Local
3.1. Fixing potholes on city streets — Local 2. Giving licenses to nurses and doctors — State 3. Making treaties with other countries — National 4. Running national parks such as Yellowstone — National 5. Running state universities — State 6. Running the public schools in your school district — Local

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