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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.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
2.How is each Pueblo village in New Mexico governed?
  • A.By one emperor over all the Pueblos
  • B.By its own leaders, as a separate community
  • C.By the Haudenosaunee Grand Council
3.Which writing system helped the Cherokee Nation print its laws and a newspaper?
  • A.Sequoyah's Cherokee syllabary
  • B.Morse code
  • C.Egyptian hieroglyphs
4.What did the Cherokee constitution of 1827 set up?
  • A.No laws at all
  • B.A principal chief, a two-house council and courts
  • C.A king who ruled for life
5.How did many Plains bands decide important matters?
  • A.By asking a Spanish governor
  • B.By letting one child decide
  • C.In councils where respected leaders talked until they agreed
6.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
7.What did the Muscogee (Creek) Confederacy join together?
  • A.Many towns, each with its own council
  • B.The thirteen colonies
  • C.Five European countries
8.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

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Answer key — How Native Nations Governed

Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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