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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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1.In the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, who chooses the chiefs and can remove them?
  • A.The youngest warriors
  • B.The clan mothers
  • C.The king of England
2.What is the agreement that united the Haudenosaunee nations called?
  • A.The Great Law of Peace
  • B.The Mayflower Compact
  • C.The Articles of Confederation
3.Which is true of Native nations in the United States today?
  • A.They have no leaders
  • B.Many have their own governments, laws and courts
  • C.None of them still exist
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.How is each Pueblo village in New Mexico governed?
  • A.By one emperor over all the Pueblos
  • B.By its own leaders, as a separate community
  • C.By the Haudenosaunee Grand Council
6.The Haudenosaunee Confederacy first joined how many nations?
  • A.Five: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca
  • B.Fifty, one for each state
  • C.Two: the Cherokee and the Navajo
7.How did many Plains bands decide important matters?
  • A.In councils where respected leaders talked until they agreed
  • B.By letting one child decide
  • C.By asking a Spanish governor
8.Which writing system helped the Cherokee Nation print its laws and a newspaper?
  • A.Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary
  • B.Egyptian hieroglyphs
  • C.Morse code

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Answer key — How Native Nations Governed

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  1. 1.The clan mothers
  2. 2.The Great Law of Peace
  3. 3.Many have their own governments, laws and courts
  4. 4.A principal chief, a two-house council and courts
  5. 5.By its own leaders, as a separate community
  6. 6.Five: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca
  7. 7.In councils where respected leaders talked until they agreed
  8. 8.Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary

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