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Jamaica has ________national heroes.

• 4

• 7

• 5

• 11

America celebrates independence on _____________while Jamaica celebrates independence on ___________.

• June 4th & August 4th

• July 4th & August 4th

• July 4th & August 6th

• June 4th & August 6th

The Rt. Excellence Nanny of the Maroon id Jamaica's only national heroine.

• True

• False

Select the names of three of Jamaica's national heores.

• Marcus Mosiah Garvey

• Marcus Harvey

• Paul Bogle

• Paul Walker

• George William Gordon

To celebrate Independece in America people ....

• have backyard cookouts

• bake pumpkin pie

• attend and enter hotdog eating contest.

• attend firework shows,

On the day before Christmas, that is the 24th of December, Jamaicans go into the towns and do shopping or have fun with friends and family. They call this night___________.

• Grand Shopping

• Grand Market

• Grand Fair

• Grand Carnival

The American holiday that is similar to Jamaican's National Heroes' Day is called_____________.

• Christmas

• July4th

• Thanksgiving

• Veteran Day

In Jamaica children perform different tributes to the heroes in the form of

• dance

• songs

• poem

• role play

Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrated both in Jamaica & America on the fourth Thursday of November annually.

• TRUE

• FALSE

For Thanksgiving Americans eat a starchy root vegetable they call Yams but in the Caribbean they usually call it ____________.

• sweet peas

• sweet potatoes

• irish potatoes

• potatoes