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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

NameDate

Choose the best answer.

1.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
2.In what year did the Cherokee Nation adopt a written constitution?
  • A.1492
  • B.1950
  • C.1827
3.What did the Muscogee (Creek) Confederacy join together?
  • A.Many towns, each with its own council
  • B.The thirteen colonies
  • C.Five European countries
4.How is each Pueblo village in New Mexico governed?
  • A.By one emperor over all the Pueblos
  • B.By the Haudenosaunee Grand Council
  • C.By its own leaders, as a separate community
5.What did the Cherokee constitution of 1827 set up?
  • A.A king who ruled for life
  • B.No laws at all
  • C.A principal chief, a two-house council and courts
6.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
7.Where do chiefs of the Haudenosaunee nations meet to decide shared matters?
  • A.At the Grand Council
  • B.At a Spanish mission
  • C.In the US Congress
8.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

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Answer key — How Native Nations Governed

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  1. 1.In councils where respected leaders talked until they agreed
  2. 2.1827
  3. 3.Many towns, each with its own council
  4. 4.By its own leaders, as a separate community
  5. 5.A principal chief, a two-house council and courts
  6. 6.Five: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca
  7. 7.At the Grand Council
  8. 8.Many have their own governments, laws and courts

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