Wordly Wise 8E

Thanksgiving is a popular holiday in the United States. It is __________ each year on the third Thursday in November.

• Casked

• Hewed

• Celebrated

• Assembled

On Thanksgiving, people usually go to holiday gatherings. The centerpiece of the __________ is usually a roast turkey.

• banquet

• celebration

• assembly

• edible

The first Thanksgiving was held in late 1621. At that time the Pilgrims gave thanks for their first ___________.

• edible

• hew

• harvest

• pledge

Forty-one passengers had met the previous year in the Mayflower's main cabin. At that __________, they drew up the rules by which they would govern themselves.

• banquet

• assembly

• cask

• task

The set of rules was known as the "Mayflower Compact". Those who signed it ___________ to observe the agreement.

• celebrated

• desparated

• pledged

• prospered

The Mayflower carried everything the Pilgrims would need in the New World. Musical instruments, considered unimportant, were not part of the ___________.

• pledge

• task

• assembly

• cargo

Liquids were brought over on the Mayflower in watertight barrels. These ___________ could later be used by Pilgrims to store water.

• banquets

• harvests

• casks

• hostiles

Axes were very important tools. With them the Pilgrims could _____________ logs from the forest trees to make their homes.

• hew

• assemble

• frivilously

• decrease

Everyone who was able to, had to work. Small children might be given the _________ of collecting firewood.

• pledge

• frivilous

• desperation

• task

The Pilgrims were starving by the end of the winter. When Samoset visited them, their supplies of food had ___________ to almost nothing.

• assembled

• decreased

• desparted

• prospered