Thanksgiving Break

Thanksgiving is celebrated in the USA and Canada

• on the same day

• on different days

• in the same month.

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When the settlers arrived in the USA, it was too late in the year to plant, so they had very little fresh food. The winter that year was very hard as well. Luckily, they got help from

• other British settlers that came there

• other European settlers that were there already

• Native Americans

The Wampanoag tribe taught the settlers how to

• hunt for buffalos

• grow corn

• make bread

The first Thanksgiving celebration in the United States was in:

• 1534

• 1621

• 1712

• 1776

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What food was likely NOT served at the first Thanksgiving?

• venison (deer)

• pie

• corn

• swan

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The first Thanksgiving included the Pilgrims and which Native Americans?

• Anishanaabe

• Mohawk

• Iroquois

• Wampanoag

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Which President declared Thanksgiving a national holiday?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

• Theodore Roosevelt

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Which NFL team has played the most Thanksgiving Day games?

• Dallas Cowboys

• Detroit Lions

• Minnesota Vikings

• New York Giants

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What Indian helped the Pilgrims?

• Squanto
• Pocahontas
• Massasoit
• Powhatan

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Why did the Pilgrims leave Europe?

• They wanted to get rich.
• They were looking for a Northwestern Passage to India.
• They wanted freedom of religion.
• All of the above