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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.Where do chiefs of the Haudenosaunee nations meet to decide shared matters?
  • A.At a Spanish mission
  • B.In the US Congress
  • C.At the Grand Council
2.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
3.What did the Muscogee (Creek) Confederacy join together?
  • A.Five European countries
  • B.Many towns, each with its own council
  • C.The thirteen colonies
4.The Haudenosaunee Confederacy first joined how many nations?
  • A.Five: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca
  • B.Two: the Cherokee and the Navajo
  • C.Fifty, one for each state
5.What is the agreement that united the Haudenosaunee nations called?
  • A.The Mayflower Compact
  • B.The Great Law of Peace
  • C.The Articles of Confederation
6.What did the Cherokee constitution of 1827 set up?
  • A.A principal chief, a two-house council and courts
  • B.A king who ruled for life
  • C.No laws at all
7.Which writing system helped the Cherokee Nation print its laws and a newspaper?
  • A.Egyptian hieroglyphs
  • B.Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary
  • C.Morse code
8.How is each Pueblo village in New Mexico governed?
  • A.By its own leaders, as a separate community
  • B.By the Haudenosaunee Grand Council
  • C.By one emperor over all the Pueblos

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Answer key — How Native Nations Governed

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  1. 1.At the Grand Council
  2. 2.To end the wars among them and keep peace
  3. 3.Many towns, each with its own council
  4. 4.Five: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca
  5. 5.The Great Law of Peace
  6. 6.A principal chief, a two-house council 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.