Nations of North America is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how Native nations' ways of life fit their environments, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Geo.4.3-5. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 19 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
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Nations of North America
D2.Geo.4.3-5
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All of these nations exist today. Draw a line from each nation to how its people traditionally lived.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Tlingit, Pacific northwest coast
Lakota, Great Plains
Hopi, southwest desert
Navajo (Diné), southwest
A.Raised sheep, wove wool blankets and lived in hogans
B.Followed the bison herds on horseback and lived in tipis
C.Built stone and adobe villages on mesas and grew corn in dry land
D.Fished for salmon and built cedar plank houses and canoes
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Wampanoag, New England coast
Ojibwe, Great Lakes
Haudenosaunee, northeast woodlands
Cherokee, southeast
A.Grew corn, fished and gathered shellfish; helped the Pilgrims who came in 1620
B.Harvested wild rice from birchbark canoes
C.Built bark longhouses and grew corn, beans and squash
D.Farmed in river valleys; Sequoyah created a way to write their language
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Answer key — Nations of North America
Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Tlingit, Pacific northwest coast — D (Fished for salmon and built cedar plank houses and canoes) 2. Lakota, Great Plains — B (Followed the bison herds on horseback and lived in tipis) 3. Hopi, southwest desert — C (Built stone and adobe villages on mesas and grew corn in dry land) 4. Navajo (Diné), southwest — A (Raised sheep, wove wool blankets and lived in hogans)
2.1. Wampanoag, New England coast — A (Grew corn, fished and gathered shellfish; helped the Pilgrims who came in 1620) 2. Ojibwe, Great Lakes — B (Harvested wild rice from birchbark canoes) 3. Haudenosaunee, northeast woodlands — C (Built bark longhouses and grew corn, beans and squash) 4. Cherokee, southeast — D (Farmed in river valleys; Sequoyah created a way to write their language)
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.4.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.