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 9 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
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
Hopi, southwest desert
Inuit, Arctic
Seminole, Florida
A.Fished for salmon and built cedar plank houses and canoes
B.Built stone and adobe villages on mesas and grew corn in dry land
C.Hunted seals from kayaks and whales from larger boats; some built snow houses
D.Built chickees, open-sided homes with palm-thatched roofs, in wetlands
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Nez Perce, Columbia Plateau
Lakota, Great Plains
Haudenosaunee, northeast woodlands
Cherokee, southeast
A.Followed the bison herds on horseback and lived in tipis
B.Bred spotted Appaloosa horses on the plateau
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 9. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Tlingit, Pacific northwest coast — A (Fished for salmon and built cedar plank houses and canoes) 2. Hopi, southwest desert — B (Built stone and adobe villages on mesas and grew corn in dry land) 3. Inuit, Arctic — C (Hunted seals from kayaks and whales from larger boats; some built snow houses) 4. Seminole, Florida — D (Built chickees, open-sided homes with palm-thatched roofs, in wetlands)
2.1. Nez Perce, Columbia Plateau — B (Bred spotted Appaloosa horses on the plateau) 2. Lakota, Great Plains — A (Followed the bison herds on horseback and lived in tipis) 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.