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Government, Council or Neither? is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on structure of government and what lies outside it, aligned to Common Core standard 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 pupils 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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Government, Council or Neither?

D2.Civ.5.3-5

NameDate

Sort each action into who does it.

1.Sort each one: National government or City council or Neither: private body?

Sort: Deciding which cleared sites to build on, Selecting which letters to print, Allocating scarce materials between regions

National governmentCity councilNeither: private body
2.Sort each one: National government or City council or Neither: private body?

Sort: Asking 2,000 adults what should come first, Reporting completions to a committee, Laying a white paper before Parliament

National governmentCity councilNeither: private body
3.Sort each one: National government or City council or Neither: private body?

Sort: Choosing to build upward on cleared land, Deciding what a newspaper reports, Signing a trade agreement with another country

National governmentCity councilNeither: private body

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Answer key — Government, Council or Neither?

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Allocating scarce materials between regions — National government 2. Deciding which cleared sites to build on — City council 3. Selecting which letters to print — Neither: private body
  2. 2.1. Asking 2,000 adults what should come first — Neither: private body 2. Laying a white paper before Parliament — National government 3. Reporting completions to a committee — City council
  3. 3.1. Choosing to build upward on cleared land — City council 2. Deciding what a newspaper reports — Neither: private body 3. Signing a trade agreement with another country — National government

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