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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.The Haudenosaunee Confederacy first joined how many nations?
  • A.Five: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca
  • B.Two: the Cherokee and the Navajo
  • C.Fifty, one for each state
2.What did the Muscogee (Creek) Confederacy join together?
  • A.The thirteen colonies
  • B.Five European countries
  • C.Many towns, each with its own council
3.In the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, who chooses the chiefs and can remove them?
  • A.The clan mothers
  • B.The king of England
  • C.The youngest warriors
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.What did the Cherokee constitution of 1827 set up?
  • A.A principal chief, a two-house council and courts
  • B.A king who ruled for life
  • C.No laws at all
6.Where do chiefs of the Haudenosaunee nations meet to decide shared matters?
  • A.In the US Congress
  • B.At the Grand Council
  • C.At a Spanish mission
7.What is the agreement that united the Haudenosaunee nations called?
  • A.The Great Law of Peace
  • B.The Mayflower Compact
  • C.The Articles of Confederation
8.How did many Plains bands decide important matters?
  • A.By asking a Spanish governor
  • B.In councils where respected leaders talked until they agreed
  • C.By letting one child decide

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Answer key — How Native Nations Governed

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

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