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

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Answer key — How Native Nations Governed

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  1. 1.The clan mothers
  2. 2.Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary
  3. 3.To end the wars among them and keep peace
  4. 4.Many have their own governments, laws and courts
  5. 5.In councils where respected leaders talked until they agreed
  6. 6.A principal chief, a two-house council and courts
  7. 7.By its own leaders, as a separate community
  8. 8.1827

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