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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.Why did the Haudenosaunee nations unite under one council?
  • A.To elect a President of the United States
  • B.To build a railroad
  • C.To end the wars among them and keep peace
2.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
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 its own leaders, as a separate community
  • B.By one emperor over all the Pueblos
  • C.By the Haudenosaunee Grand Council
5.Which is true of Native nations in the United States today?
  • A.Many have their own governments, laws and courts
  • B.They have no leaders
  • C.None of them still exist
6.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
7.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
8.What did the Cherokee constitution of 1827 set up?
  • A.No laws at all
  • B.A king who ruled for life
  • C.A principal chief, a two-house council and courts

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Answer key — How Native Nations Governed

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  1. 1.To end the wars among them and keep peace
  2. 2.Five: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca
  3. 3.Many towns, each with its own council
  4. 4.By its own leaders, as a separate community
  5. 5.Many have their own governments, laws and courts
  6. 6.At the Grand Council
  7. 7.The clan mothers
  8. 8.A principal chief, a two-house council and courts

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