Students complete government sentences and match leaders to their roles. Part A has nine fill-in-the-blank problems about the governor's role, fire department funding, and citizens' voting rights. Part B is a matching activity connecting mayor, governor, president, and city council to their leadership descriptions.
Matching all four types of leaders at once challenges students to hold all three government levels in mind simultaneously.
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Government: Local and State
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. The governor is the leader of the state and works in the state capital.
2. Local government pays for fire departments that put out fires.
3. Citizens have the right to vote when they are old enough.
4. A group of people who make laws for a state is called the state legislature.
5. The president lives in the White House in Washington, D.C.
6. Your city or town government collects taxes to pay for services.
7. A mayor is the leader of a city or town government.
8. Following laws and voting are responsibilities of good citizens.
9. Public parks are places built and maintained by local government.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
Mayor
→ Leads a city or town
Makes laws for a city
Governor
→ Leads a state
Leads the whole country
President
→ Leads the whole country
Leads a state
City council
→ Makes laws for a city
Leads a city or town
Government: Local and State
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) The governor is the leader of the state and works in the state capital.
2) Local government pays for fire departments that put out fires.
3) Citizens have the right to vote when they are old enough.
4) A group of people who make laws for a state is called the state legislature.
5) The president lives in the White House in Washington, D.C.
6) Your city or town government collects taxes to pay for services.
7) A mayor is the leader of a city or town government.
8) Following laws and voting are responsibilities of good citizens.
9) Public parks are places built and maintained by local government.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
Mayor
→ Leads a city or town
Makes laws for a city
Governor
→ Leads a state
Leads the whole country
President
→ Leads the whole country
Leads a state
City council
→ Makes laws for a city
Leads a city or town
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