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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 elect a President of the United States
  • B.To end the wars among them and keep peace
  • C.To build a railroad
2.How did many Plains bands decide important matters?
  • A.By letting one child decide
  • B.By asking a Spanish governor
  • C.In councils where respected leaders talked until they agreed
3.Which writing system helped the Cherokee Nation print its laws and a newspaper?
  • A.Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary
  • B.Egyptian hieroglyphs
  • C.Morse code
4.The Haudenosaunee Confederacy first joined how many nations?
  • A.Fifty, one for each state
  • B.Five: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca
  • C.Two: the Cherokee and the Navajo
5.In what year did the Cherokee Nation adopt a written constitution?
  • A.1950
  • B.1492
  • C.1827
6.Which is true of Native nations in the United States today?
  • A.None of them still exist
  • B.Many have their own governments, laws and courts
  • C.They have no leaders
7.Where do chiefs of the Haudenosaunee nations meet to decide shared matters?
  • A.In the US Congress
  • B.At the Grand Council
  • C.At a Spanish mission
8.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

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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.In councils where respected leaders talked until they agreed
  3. 3.Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary
  4. 4.Five: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca
  5. 5.1827
  6. 6.Many have their own governments, laws and courts
  7. 7.At the Grand Council
  8. 8.A principal chief, a two-house council and courts

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