Grade 3History & geographyquiz16 questions

Rules, laws and leaders

Grade 3: why we have rules and laws, mayors and councils, voting, rights and responsibilities, public services (schools, roads, libraries).

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Questions

  1. Why do schools have rules?

    • To give teachers more work
    • To keep everyone safe and fair
    • To make the day longer
    • To stop children learning
    Show answerTo keep everyone safe and fair

  2. What do we call a rule made by a country or town that everyone must follow?

    • A game
    • A habit
    • A law
    • A wish
    Show answerA law

  3. Laws help people live together safely and fairly. (True or false?)

    Show answerTrue

  4. Who is the leader of a town or city council?

    • The librarian
    • The mayor
    • The pilot
    • The referee
    Show answerThe mayor

  5. What does a town council do?

    • Builds every house itself
    • Makes decisions for the local community
    • Makes the weather
    • Teaches children to read
    Show answerMakes decisions for the local community

  6. Which is a decision a local council might make?

    • How planets move
    • What your family eats
    • Where to build a new park
    • Which month has 31 days
    Show answerWhere to build a new park

  7. What is voting?

    • Choosing a leader or idea by making a choice
    • Copying someone's answer
    • Paying money to a leader
    • Running a race
    Show answerChoosing a leader or idea by making a choice

  8. In a fair vote, every voter's choice counts the same. (True or false?)

    Show answerTrue

  9. Why is a vote often secret?

    • So it is quicker
    • So leaders can change it
    • So nobody can count it
    • So people can choose freely
    Show answerSo people can choose freely

  10. Which is a responsibility of a child at school?

    • Being paid by the teacher
    • Choosing the school's rules alone
    • Skipping lessons
    • Treating others with respect
    Show answerTreating others with respect

  11. Which is a right that every child has?

    • The right to be the leader
    • The right to go to school
    • The right to ignore all rules
    • The right to take others' things
    Show answerThe right to go to school

  12. Having rights means we never have to think about other people's rights. (True or false?)

    Show answerFalse

  13. Which of these is a public service paid for by the community?

    • A birthday party
    • A family dinner
    • A private toy
    • A public library
    Show answerA public library

  14. Name one public service that helps keep roads safe or working. (Answer out loud)

    Show answerRoad repair, traffic lights or road workers (any sensible answer)

  15. What do we call the money people pay to the government to fund public services? (Answer out loud)

    Show answerTaxes

  16. Name one thing you can do at a public library. (Answer out loud)

    Show answerBorrow books (or read, study, use computers)

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