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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 nation joined the Haudenosaunee Confederacy in 1722 as the sixth nation?
  • A.The Tuscarora
  • B.The Hopi
  • C.The Lakota
2.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
3.How did many Plains bands decide important matters?
  • A.In councils where respected leaders talked until they agreed
  • B.By letting one child decide
  • C.By asking a Spanish governor
4.Which writing system helped the Cherokee Nation print its laws and a newspaper?
  • A.Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary
  • B.Morse code
  • C.Egyptian hieroglyphs
5.Where do chiefs of the Haudenosaunee nations meet to decide shared matters?
  • A.At a Spanish mission
  • B.In the US Congress
  • C.At the Grand Council
6.In the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, who chooses the chiefs and can remove them?
  • A.The king of England
  • B.The youngest warriors
  • C.The clan mothers
7.What is the agreement that united the Haudenosaunee nations called?
  • A.The Articles of Confederation
  • B.The Mayflower Compact
  • C.The Great Law of Peace
8.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

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Answer key — How Native Nations Governed

Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The Tuscarora
  2. 2.A principal chief, a two-house council and courts
  3. 3.In councils where respected leaders talked until they agreed
  4. 4.Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary
  5. 5.At the Grand Council
  6. 6.The clan mothers
  7. 7.The Great Law of Peace
  8. 8.Five: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca

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