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    Unit test · Weeks 13–18 · 20–25 min · 32 points

    Social Studies Unit 3 Test: Civics, Government & Citizenship

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    Part 1: Government

    Read each question. Circle or write your answer.

    1. Your town library needs more books. Which level of government takes care of the town library?localstatenational
    2. The President and Congress are part of which level of government?localstatenational
    3. Name one job your town or city government does.
    4. The leader of our state is called the ________. Our leader's name is ________.

    Part 2: American Symbols

    Read each question. Circle, write or draw your answer.

    1. The Statue of Liberty holds a ________ up high in her hand.
    2. Your family visits Philadelphia. Which American symbol can you see there?the Liberty Bellthe Statue of Libertya bald eagle nest
    3. Draw the American flag. Show the stripes and the blue corner with stars. What two colors are the stripes?
    4. Choose one American symbol. What big idea does it stand for?

    Part 3: Voting & Elections

    A family voted on where to go on Saturday. Read the ballots. Then fill in the table and answer.

    The Saturday Vote

    Each person wrote one place on a ballot. Here are the ten ballots: zoo, park, zoo, museum, zoo, park, zoo, museum, park, zoo.

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    1. Fill in the table. Make a tally mark for each vote. Then write the total for each place.
    2. Which place won the vote?
    3. How many ballots did the family cast in all?
    4. The park got fewer votes. What should the people who voted for the park do? Why?

    Part 4: Holidays

    Read each question. Write or circle your answer.

    1. How are Memorial Day and Veterans Day different?
    2. In which month is Thanksgiving?JulyNovemberJanuary
    3. Put these holidays in order from the start of the year to the end: Veterans Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Independence Day.
    4. How does your family or town mark one national holiday?