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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.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
2.Which is true of Native nations in the United States today?
  • A.None of them still exist
  • B.They have no leaders
  • C.Many have their own governments, laws and courts
3.Which writing system helped the Cherokee Nation print its laws and a newspaper?
  • A.Egyptian hieroglyphs
  • B.Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary
  • C.Morse code
4.What did the Muscogee (Creek) Confederacy join together?
  • A.The thirteen colonies
  • B.Five European countries
  • C.Many towns, each with its own council
5.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
6.In what year did the Cherokee Nation adopt a written constitution?
  • A.1492
  • B.1827
  • C.1950
7.Which nation joined the Haudenosaunee Confederacy in 1722 as the sixth nation?
  • A.The Lakota
  • B.The Hopi
  • C.The Tuscarora
8.The Haudenosaunee Confederacy first joined how many nations?
  • A.Fifty, one for each state
  • B.Two: the Cherokee and the Navajo
  • C.Five: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca

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Answer key — How Native Nations Governed

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  1. 1.By its own leaders, as a separate community
  2. 2.Many have their own governments, laws and courts
  3. 3.Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary
  4. 4.Many towns, each with its own council
  5. 5.In councils where respected leaders talked until they agreed
  6. 6.1827
  7. 7.The Tuscarora
  8. 8.Five: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca

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