The First Thanksgiving

What was the author's purpose for writing about Thanksgiving myths?

• To tell funny story about Thanksgiving.

• To tell use things about Thanksgiving that are not true.

• To persuade us to skip Thanksgiving.

• To tell the events in the order they happened.

On page 5 what does the word Wampanoag mean?

• People of the Dawn

• People from Rhode Island

• People from Massachusetts

• People who are Colonizers

Who was Massasoit?

• Leader of the colonist

• A doctor

• A leader of the Wampanoag

• A Colonizer

Why did half the pilgrims die the first winter?

• It was too cold outside.

• They were sick and hungry.

• The didn't have any money.

• They were attacked by other tribes.

The English colonists were called Separatists.

• false

• true

The colonist called their feast Thanksgiving.

• True

• False

Which president declared Thanksgiving a holiday?

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

They ate pumpkin pie at the first Thanksgiving feast.

• true

• false

What word means to stay alive?

• survive

• feast

• tradition

• treaty

Why did the colonist leave England?

• They could dress any way they wanted to.

• They didn't want to live under the king.

• They wanted freedom of religion.

• They liked the weather better in America.