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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

NameDate

Choose the best answer.

1.In what year did the Cherokee Nation adopt a written constitution?
  • A.1950
  • B.1827
  • C.1492
2.Which writing system helped the Cherokee Nation print its laws and a newspaper?
  • A.Egyptian hieroglyphs
  • B.Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary
  • C.Morse code
3.Which is true of Native nations in the United States today?
  • A.They have no leaders
  • B.Many have their own governments, laws and courts
  • C.None of them still exist
4.Which nation joined the Haudenosaunee Confederacy in 1722 as the sixth nation?
  • A.The Hopi
  • B.The Tuscarora
  • C.The Lakota
5.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
6.In the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, who chooses the chiefs and can remove them?
  • A.The youngest warriors
  • B.The clan mothers
  • C.The king of England
7.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
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

Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1827
  2. 2.Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary
  3. 3.Many have their own governments, laws and courts
  4. 4.The Tuscarora
  5. 5.Five: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca
  6. 6.The clan mothers
  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.