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Levels and Branches of Government

Civics & Economics · Government · ages 8-11
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  1. Which job is usually handled by the national government?

    • Trimming trees in the neighborhood park
    • Printing the country's money
    • Fixing a streetlight on your block

  2. Which job is usually handled by the local government?

    • Fixing a pothole on Main Street
    • Printing the country's money
    • Making a treaty with another country

  3. Government power is often split between different groups so no one person decides everything.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. A driver thinks a parking ticket is unfair and argues about it in court. Who settles this?

    • A judge
    • A lawmaker
    • A mail carrier

  5. A city council votes on a new rule about parking. Which job are they doing?

    • Carrying out a rule
    • Judging an argument about a rule
    • Writing a rule

  6. Who would you go to for a state-level problem, like a state park needing repairs?

    • A mayor
    • A governor
    • A president

  7. Which official would you expect to sign a trade agreement with another country?

    • Country's leader
    • A state governor
    • Your local mayor

  8. Leo says: 'My mayor should decide how much money the whole country prints.' What is wrong with Leo's idea?

    • A mayor is elected by the whole country
    • Money should be printed by each city separately
    • Printing money is a national job
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  1. Printing the country's money · Big jobs that affect the whole country, like printing money, are national.
  2. Fixing a pothole on Main Street · Local government handles small, nearby jobs like street repairs.
  3. True · Splitting the job keeps any single person or group from having all the control.
  4. A judge · Judges settle arguments about what the rules mean.
  5. Writing a rule · Voting on a new rule is the lawmaking job: writing the rule.
  6. A governor · A governor leads a state, which is the regional level of government.
  7. Country's leader · Agreements with other countries are a national job, handled by the president or prime minister.
  8. Printing money is a national job · A mayor runs a city. Printing money for the whole country is a national government job.
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