History of 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 of 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

Which term best describes the relationship between Oosamequan and John Carver?

• Cautious allies

• Fierce competitors

• Friendly rivals

• Trading partners

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 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

Why did Oosemequan bring 90 men to Plymouth in the fall of 1621?

• To celebrate the harvest with the settlers

• The negotiate the return of their land

• To recruit soliders for a war

• To investigate a possible attack

Which food was almost certainly served at the first thanksgiving?

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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