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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.Which writing system helped the Cherokee Nation print its laws and a newspaper?
  • A.Morse code
  • B.Egyptian hieroglyphs
  • C.Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary
2.In the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, who chooses the chiefs and can remove them?
  • A.The clan mothers
  • B.The youngest warriors
  • C.The king of England
3.What did the Muscogee (Creek) Confederacy join together?
  • A.The thirteen colonies
  • B.Many towns, each with its own council
  • C.Five European countries
4.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
5.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
6.How did many Plains bands decide important matters?
  • A.By letting one child decide
  • B.In councils where respected leaders talked until they agreed
  • C.By asking a Spanish governor
7.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
8.What is the agreement that united the Haudenosaunee nations called?
  • A.The Great Law of Peace
  • B.The Articles of Confederation
  • C.The Mayflower Compact

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Answer key — How Native Nations Governed

Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary
  2. 2.The clan mothers
  3. 3.Many towns, each with its own council
  4. 4.To end the wars among them and keep peace
  5. 5.Five: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca
  6. 6.In councils where respected leaders talked until they agreed
  7. 7.By its own leaders, as a separate community
  8. 8.The Great Law of Peace

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