Thanksgiving Day

When was the first Thanksgiving celebration?

• 1492

• 1621

• 1777

• 1861

What president established Thanksgiving day as a national holiday?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Bill Clinton

• Josh Washington

• Winston Churchill

Mayflower is the name of what?

• turkey

• flower

• an Indian

• ship

In what city did the Pilgrims settled?

• Rhode Island

• Massachussetts

• Washington

• Kentucky

Choose all Thanksgiving food

• turkey

• cranberry sauce

• fish and chips

• mince pie

• mashed potato

What is the day right after Thanksgiving often known as?

• Holly Friday

• Black Friday

• New Year

• Happy Friday

Why are turkeys the centrepiece of the Thanksgiving meal?

• Because turkeys were cheap in the past

• Because indigenous people gave turkeys to the Pilgrims at the first Thanksgiving

  
  

• Because the Pilgrims used to hunt wild turkeys for food

  
  

• Because turkey was favorite food of Indians

What was the meaning behind the first Thanksgiving celebration?

• To celebrate a religious event

  
  

• To celebrate their relationship with Indian people

  
  

• To celebrate a good harvest with plenty of crops

• To look for a better life anywhere far from the UK