American Holidays

What date do we celebrate Independence Day?

• December 25

• January 1

• July 4

• October 31

Which holiday do people put up red lanterns to celebrate?

• Chinese New Year

• Christmas

• Kwanzaa

• Columbus Day

During Kwanzaa, people light a special candleholder called a ____________ .

• firework

• dreidel

• kinara

• turkey

What is the holiday in February that celebrates presidents?

• Groundhog Day

• Memorial Day

• Independence Day

• President's Day

This is a spinning top called a dreidel. During which holiday would someone play with a dreidel?

• Christmas

• Thanksgiving

• Hanukkah

• Kwanzaa

Who taught the pilgrims how to catch fish and grow food during the time of the first Thanksgiving?

• Squanto

• Christopher Columbus

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

Who was the explorer who sailed on the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria?

• St. Patrick

• Punxsutawney Phil

• Abraham Lincoln

• Christopher Columbus

Which holiday in May honors soldiers who died serving America?

• Veteran's Day

• Columbus Day

• Memorial Day

• Independence Day

Which holiday celebrates America becoming a free country? We also call this America's birthday.

• Memorial Day

• Independence Day

• President's Day

• Hanukkah

Which holiday do most people celebrate by eating turkey?

• Halloween

• Independence Day

• Kwanzaa

• Thanksgiving