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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.What did the Muscogee (Creek) Confederacy join together?
  • A.Many towns, each with its own council
  • B.The thirteen colonies
  • C.Five European countries
2.How did many Plains bands decide important matters?
  • A.By asking a Spanish governor
  • B.In councils where respected leaders talked until they agreed
  • C.By letting one child decide
3.Which nation joined the Haudenosaunee Confederacy in 1722 as the sixth nation?
  • A.The Lakota
  • B.The Tuscarora
  • C.The Hopi
4.Where do chiefs of the Haudenosaunee nations meet to decide shared matters?
  • A.In the US Congress
  • B.At a Spanish mission
  • C.At the Grand Council
5.In what year did the Cherokee Nation adopt a written constitution?
  • A.1492
  • B.1827
  • C.1950
6.Which is true of Native nations in the United States today?
  • A.Many have their own governments, laws and courts
  • B.None of them still exist
  • C.They have no leaders
7.Which writing system helped the Cherokee Nation print its laws and a newspaper?
  • A.Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary
  • B.Morse code
  • C.Egyptian hieroglyphs
8.How is each Pueblo village in New Mexico governed?
  • A.By its own leaders, as a separate community
  • B.By one emperor over all the Pueblos
  • C.By the Haudenosaunee Grand Council

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Answer key — How Native Nations Governed

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  1. 1.Many towns, each with its own council
  2. 2.In councils where respected leaders talked until they agreed
  3. 3.The Tuscarora
  4. 4.At the Grand Council
  5. 5.1827
  6. 6.Many have their own governments, laws and courts
  7. 7.Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary
  8. 8.By its own leaders, as a separate community

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