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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.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
2.Which is true of Native nations in the United States today?
  • A.Many have their own governments, laws and courts
  • B.None of them still exist
  • C.They have no leaders
3.How did many Plains bands decide important matters?
  • A.By letting one child decide
  • B.By asking a Spanish governor
  • C.In councils where respected leaders talked until they agreed
4.Why did the Haudenosaunee nations unite under one council?
  • A.To end the wars among them and keep peace
  • B.To elect a President of the United States
  • C.To build a railroad
5.Which nation joined the Haudenosaunee Confederacy in 1722 as the sixth nation?
  • A.The Lakota
  • B.The Hopi
  • C.The Tuscarora
6.What did the Cherokee constitution of 1827 set up?
  • A.A king who ruled for life
  • B.A principal chief, a two-house council and courts
  • C.No laws at all
7.What did the Muscogee (Creek) Confederacy join together?
  • A.Many towns, each with its own council
  • B.The thirteen colonies
  • C.Five European countries
8.Which writing system helped the Cherokee Nation print its laws and a newspaper?
  • A.Morse code
  • B.Egyptian hieroglyphs
  • C.Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary

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Answer key — How Native Nations Governed

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  1. 1.The Great Law of Peace
  2. 2.Many have their own governments, laws and courts
  3. 3.In councils where respected leaders talked until they agreed
  4. 4.To end the wars among them and keep peace
  5. 5.The Tuscarora
  6. 6.A principal chief, a two-house council and courts
  7. 7.Many towns, each with its own council
  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.