Thanksgiving

For the Plymouth settlers, "thanksgiving" referred to a day of:

• Feasting

• Prayer

• Conflict

• Mourning

What caused the death of two-thirds of the Wampanoag prior to the arrival of the Mayflower?

• Invasions by rival tribes

• European conquest

• Disease from European traders

• Drought and food shortages

The English Separatists left Holland in order to:

• Escape religious persecution

• Rejoin the Church of England

• Build their own Christian society

• Convert Native Americans to Christianity

What did the Wampanoag hope to gain from their agreement with the Plymouth settlers?

• Agricultural knowledge

• Free passage to England

• Protection from rival tribes

• Return of Native land

To the Plymouth settlers, Tisquantum (Squanto) was:

• The first Native American to make contact with them

• The Wampanoag leader who negotiated peace with them

• The Narragansett leader who threatened them

• The Wampanoag man who taught them how to survive

The Plymouth settlement was built on:

• An untamed wilderness

• A dead Wampanoag village

• An abandoned English town

• A thriving European trading post

Which food was almost certainly served at the first thanksgiving?

• pumpkin pie

• corn

• turkey

• cranberry sauce

Some consider Thanksgiving a day of mourning because of:

• The suffering of Native Americans

• The hardships of the Plymouth settlers

• The destruction of New England forests

• The scars of the Civil War

Why did the Pilgrims travel to the New World?

• They wanted to explore Plymouth.

• 
  They wanted to pray their own way.

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  They were forced to leave England.

• They were invited by Native Americans.

Some of the colonists joined the trip hoping for

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  the opportunity to get rich.

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  the opportunity to learn to fish and hunt.

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  the opportunity to learn about Native American culture.

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  the opportunity to start a new religion