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How Native Nations Governed is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how Native nations organized their governments, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Civ.5.3-5. It prints 8 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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How Native Nations Governed

D2.Civ.5.3-5

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Choose the best answer.

1.Why did the Haudenosaunee nations unite under one council?
  • A.To end the wars among them and keep peace
  • B.To elect a President of the United States
  • C.To build a railroad
2.In what year did the Cherokee Nation adopt a written constitution?
  • A.1827
  • B.1492
  • C.1950
3.In the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, who chooses the chiefs and can remove them?
  • A.The king of England
  • B.The youngest warriors
  • C.The clan mothers
4.What did the Cherokee constitution of 1827 set up?
  • A.A king who ruled for life
  • B.A principal chief, a two-house council and courts
  • C.No laws at all
5.Which is true of Native nations in the United States today?
  • A.Many have their own governments, laws and courts
  • B.They have no leaders
  • C.None of them still exist
6.Which writing system helped the Cherokee Nation print its laws and a newspaper?
  • A.Egyptian hieroglyphs
  • B.Morse code
  • C.Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary
7.How is each Pueblo village in New Mexico governed?
  • A.By the Haudenosaunee Grand Council
  • B.By its own leaders, as a separate community
  • C.By one emperor over all the Pueblos
8.What is the agreement that united the Haudenosaunee nations called?
  • A.The Articles of Confederation
  • B.The Mayflower Compact
  • C.The Great Law of Peace

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Answer key — How Native Nations Governed

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  1. 1.To end the wars among them and keep peace
  2. 2.1827
  3. 3.The clan mothers
  4. 4.A principal chief, a two-house council and courts
  5. 5.Many have their own governments, laws and courts
  6. 6.Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary
  7. 7.By its own leaders, as a separate community
  8. 8.The Great Law of Peace

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Civ.5.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.