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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.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
2.Which nation joined the Haudenosaunee Confederacy in 1722 as the sixth nation?
  • A.The Tuscarora
  • B.The Lakota
  • C.The Hopi
3.What did the Muscogee (Creek) Confederacy join together?
  • A.The thirteen colonies
  • B.Five European countries
  • C.Many towns, each with its own council
4.How is each Pueblo village in New Mexico governed?
  • A.By the Haudenosaunee Grand Council
  • B.By one emperor over all the Pueblos
  • C.By its own leaders, as a separate community
5.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
6.In what year did the Cherokee Nation adopt a written constitution?
  • A.1492
  • B.1950
  • C.1827
7.What is the agreement that united the Haudenosaunee nations called?
  • A.The Mayflower Compact
  • B.The Articles of Confederation
  • C.The Great Law of Peace
8.Which writing system helped the Cherokee Nation print its laws and a newspaper?
  • A.Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary
  • B.Morse code
  • C.Egyptian hieroglyphs

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Answer key — How Native Nations Governed

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  1. 1.Many have their own governments, laws and courts
  2. 2.The Tuscarora
  3. 3.Many towns, each with its own council
  4. 4.By its own leaders, as a separate community
  5. 5.Five: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca
  6. 6.1827
  7. 7.The Great Law of Peace
  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.