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Who Runs a City? is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on local officials, what they do and how they are chosen, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Civ.1.3-5. It prints 2 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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Who Runs a City?

D2.Civ.1.3-5

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Draw a line from each official or group to what it does.

1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • School board
  • Parks director
  • Sheriff
  • Voters
  • A.Runs the city's parks and recreation programs
  • B.Makes decisions for the public schools in a district
  • C.Leads the county's law officers and is usually elected
  • D.Choose council members, and in most cities the mayor, in an election
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Police chief
  • Mayor
  • Fire chief
  • City manager
  • A.Leads the city government and is usually elected by voters
  • B.Leads the firefighters and the fire stations
  • C.Leads the officers who keep people safe in the city
  • D.Is hired by the council to run the city's daily work

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Answer key — Who Runs a City?

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. School board — B (Makes decisions for the public schools in a district) 2. Parks director — A (Runs the city's parks and recreation programs) 3. Sheriff — C (Leads the county's law officers and is usually elected) 4. Voters — D (Choose council members, and in most cities the mayor, in an election)
  2. 2.1. Police chief — C (Leads the officers who keep people safe in the city) 2. Mayor — A (Leads the city government and is usually elected by voters) 3. Fire chief — B (Leads the firefighters and the fire stations) 4. City manager — D (Is hired by the council to run the city's daily work)

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Civ.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.