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.
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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.
Cherokee, southeast
Tlingit, Pacific northwest coast
Haudenosaunee, northeast woodlands
Hopi, southwest desert
A.Fished for salmon and built cedar plank houses and canoes
B.Farmed in river valleys; Sequoyah created a way to write their language
C.Built stone and adobe villages on mesas and grew corn in dry land
D.Built bark longhouses and grew corn, beans and squash
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Lakota, Great Plains
Navajo (Diné), southwest
Nez Perce, Columbia Plateau
Seminole, Florida
A.Followed the bison herds on horseback and lived in tipis
B.Built chickees, open-sided homes with palm-thatched roofs, in wetlands
C.Bred spotted Appaloosa horses on the plateau
D.Raised sheep, wove wool blankets and lived in hogans
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Answer key — Nations of North America
Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Cherokee, southeast — B (Farmed in river valleys; Sequoyah created a way to write their language) 2. Tlingit, Pacific northwest coast — A (Fished for salmon and built cedar plank houses and canoes) 3. Haudenosaunee, northeast woodlands — D (Built bark longhouses and grew corn, beans and squash) 4. Hopi, southwest desert — C (Built stone and adobe villages on mesas and grew corn in dry land)
2.1. Lakota, Great Plains — A (Followed the bison herds on horseback and lived in tipis) 2. Navajo (Diné), southwest — D (Raised sheep, wove wool blankets and lived in hogans) 3. Nez Perce, Columbia Plateau — C (Bred spotted Appaloosa horses on the plateau) 4. Seminole, Florida — B (Built chickees, open-sided homes with palm-thatched roofs, in wetlands)
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.4.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.