Halloween

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Around the 400s B.C., what people lived in the area that is primarily green

• Romans

• Greeks

• Celts

• English

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What did Samhain celebrate?

• The coming of Winter

• Celtic goddess of War

• Celtic Matyrs

• Black Cats

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What is a druid?

• an ancient witch

• a Celtic priest

• a Roman priest

• a Puritan

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How did the Celts thank their gods for a good harvest?

• Set apples on the front porch

• burned money

• Bonfires and animal sacrifices

• carved pumpkins

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True or False: The Celts believed that the night before the new year, the dead returned to Earth.

• True

• False

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For the Celts - and later the Irish - the spirits took the form of...

• Demons

• the Devil

• Fairies

• Ghosts

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All Saints' Day created by the Christians was celebrated on...

• October 31

• November 1

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"All Hallows Eve," where we get the word Halloween from was celebrated with Samheim on this day.

• October 31

• November 1

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What people in Colonial America banned the celebration of Halloween?

• Anglicans

• Catholics

• Puritans

• government officials

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Where in Colonial America did Halloween gain traction?

• Connecticut & Vermont

• Massachusetts & Rhode Island

• Maryland & Virginia

• New York & New Jersey

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What people brought the tradition of jack-o’-lanterns to the U.S.?

• Irish

• Italians

• Germans

• French

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In the 1900s, what town became known as the “Halloween Capital of the World”?

• Anoka, Minnesota

• Providence, Rhode Island

• New York City, New York

• Des Moines, Iowa

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What was the practice of going to houses to beg for soul cakes in exchange for a prayer?

• Guising

• Souling

• Tricking

• Treating