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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.Morse code
  • B.Egyptian hieroglyphs
  • C.Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary
2.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
3.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
4.In what year did the Cherokee Nation adopt a written constitution?
  • A.1827
  • B.1492
  • C.1950
5.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
6.Which is true of Native nations in the United States today?
  • A.They have no leaders
  • B.None of them still exist
  • C.Many have their own governments, laws and courts
7.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
8.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

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Answer key — How Native Nations Governed

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  1. 1.Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary
  2. 2.Five: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca
  3. 3.At the Grand Council
  4. 4.1827
  5. 5.The Great Law of Peace
  6. 6.Many have their own governments, laws and courts
  7. 7.The clan mothers
  8. 8.By its own leaders, as a separate community

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