Thanksgiving Day

The Pilgrims left _________ to travel to the New World.

• England
• Plymouth
• Massachusetts
• Rhode Island

What year did the Pilgrims land in the New World?

• 1600
• 1621
• 1604
• 1620

Why did the Pilgrims leave their homes and travel to the New World?

• they wanted religious freedom
• they wanted to meet the Indians
• they wanted to be sailors
• they were paid by the King to go explore new places

Before the Pilgrims got to the New World, who was already living there?

• Wampanoags
• Massachusetts
• Christopher Columbus
• Miles Standish

How did Squanto help the Pilgrims?

• He taught them how to plant corn
• He taught them how to fish
• He taught them how to build houses
• All of these

What did Squanto use for fertilizer (to make the plants grow) ?

• seeds
• fish
• clay
• wigwams

When was the first Thanksgiving? Sometime between ....

• September - November, 1621
• September - December, 1621
• August - September, 1621
• October - December, 1621

Who was Massasoit?

• the Wampanoag chief
• he Indian chief's wife
• the captain of the Mayflower
• the President of the New World

Which berry do Americans use for a sauce?

• cherry

• cranberry

• Strawberry

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

What food was likely NOT served at the first Thanksgiving?

• venison (deer)

• pie

• corn

• swan

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.8.5