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3rd grade · Social Studies · Unit 7 of 7

Money, Taxes & Voting

Trade, profit, banks, taxes and civic duty.

What your child practices

Practices why people specialize and trade, money, profit, banks, costs and benefits, incentives, how taxes pay for community services, city government, and voting as a civic duty.

Washington State Learning Standards learning standard: E1.3.1; E1.3.2; E2.3.2; E2.3.3; E2.3.4; E2.3.5; E2.3.7; E3.3.1; C2.3.1; C4.3.1; C4.3.3 · trade, money, profit, banks, incentives, local taxes, city government and voting

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    What does a bank do?

    • grows apples
    • keeps money safe and lends money
    • puts out fires

  2. Question 2

    How does a city pay for a new fire truck?

    • with homework
    • with lunch money
    • with taxes

  3. Question 3

    What do local taxes help pay for?

    • your toys
    • schools, parks and roads
    • your birthday cake

  4. Question 4

    Who makes laws for a city?

    • the zoo keeper
    • the fire chief
    • the city council

  5. Question 5

    At what age can citizens vote in the United States?

    • 18
    • 8
    • 50

  6. Question 6

    A store raises its price, so fewer people buy. This is a…

    • negative incentive for buyers
    • tax
    • positive incentive for buyers

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