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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.Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary
  • B.Morse code
  • C.Egyptian hieroglyphs
2.In the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, who chooses the chiefs and can remove them?
  • A.The king of England
  • B.The clan mothers
  • C.The youngest warriors
3.The Haudenosaunee Confederacy first joined how many nations?
  • A.Two: the Cherokee and the Navajo
  • B.Fifty, one for each state
  • C.Five: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca
4.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
5.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
6.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
7.In what year did the Cherokee Nation adopt a written constitution?
  • A.1950
  • B.1827
  • C.1492
8.What did the Muscogee (Creek) Confederacy join together?
  • A.The thirteen colonies
  • B.Many towns, each with its own council
  • C.Five European countries

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Answer key — How Native Nations Governed

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  1. 1.Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary
  2. 2.The clan mothers
  3. 3.Five: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca
  4. 4.In councils where respected leaders talked until they agreed
  5. 5.The Great Law of Peace
  6. 6.Many have their own governments, laws and courts
  7. 7.1827
  8. 8.Many towns, each with its own council

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