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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: Collecting trash from homes in town, Running state universities, Running the public schools in your school district, Making coins at the US Mint, Running state parks, Printing paper money

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

Sort: Running the army, navy and air force, Putting out fires in your neighborhood, Giving out passports for travel abroad, Running the state highway patrol, Writing and changing the state constitution, Looking after a city park and playground

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

Sort: Giving licenses to nurses and doctors, Deciding where stop signs go on neighborhood streets, Running national parks such as Yellowstone, Giving out driver's licenses, Making treaties with other countries, Running the town's public library

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Answer key — Local, State or National Government?

Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Collecting trash from homes in town — Local 2. Making coins at the US Mint — National 3. Printing paper money — National 4. Running state parks — State 5. Running state universities — State 6. Running the public schools in your school district — Local
  2. 2.1. Giving out passports for travel abroad — National 2. Looking after a city park and playground — Local 3. Putting out fires in your neighborhood — Local 4. Running the army, navy and air force — National 5. Running the state highway patrol — State 6. Writing and changing the state constitution — State
  3. 3.1. Deciding where stop signs go on neighborhood streets — Local 2. Giving licenses to nurses and doctors — State 3. Giving out driver's licenses — State 4. Making treaties with other countries — National 5. Running national parks such as Yellowstone — National 6. Running the town's public library — Local

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