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

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

Sort: Running state universities, Running the city police department, Giving out driver's licenses, Giving out passports for travel abroad, Running the US Postal Service, Deciding where stop signs go on neighborhood streets

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

Sort: Making coins at the US Mint, Running the public schools in your school district, Running national parks such as Yellowstone, Collecting trash from homes in town, Building and repairing state highways, Running state parks

LocalStateNational

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Answer key — Local, State or National Government?

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Fixing potholes on city streets — Local 2. Giving licenses to nurses and doctors — State 3. Making treaties with other countries — National 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
  2. 2.1. Deciding where stop signs go on neighborhood streets — Local 2. Giving out driver's licenses — State 3. Giving out passports for travel abroad — National 4. Running state universities — State 5. Running the city police department — Local 6. Running the US Postal Service — National
  3. 3.1. Building and repairing state highways — State 2. Collecting trash from homes in town — Local 3. Making coins at the US Mint — National 4. Running national parks such as Yellowstone — National 5. Running state parks — 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.