Juneteenth and Traditions Worksheet

What is Juneteenth?

• It commemorates Texas becoming a U.S. state.

• It is the day enslaved people in Texas were freed.

• It honors the day the Texas constitution was ratified.

• It celebrates Texas declaring freedom from Mexico.

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What is the significance of Texas Independence Day?

• It commemorates Texas becoming a U.S. state.

• It is the day enslaved people in Texas were freed.

• It honors the day the Texas constitution was ratified.

• It celebrates Texas declaring freedom from Mexico.

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What can the reader conclude from the passage?

• Many states have holidays celebrating the Civil War.

• Texas was the last state to free its enslaved people.

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Many cultures use specific tools for eating and cooking. This helps maintain cultural traditions.

What does “tradition” mean in this passage?

• the style and design of a building

• customs passed down from ancestors

• tales or accounts of events that happened

• a system of beliefs shared by a group of people

What does cuisine mean?

• a dialect of a language

• clothing specific to a culture

• food cooked in a certain way

• the design of public buildings

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Hinduism originated from __________ culture.

• B. Indian

• A. American

• C. Greek

• D. Egyptian

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Which of the following would NOT be considered an example of culture?

• A. beliefs

• B. clothing

• C. food

• D. technology

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Which aspect of culture is this an example of?

• architecture

• clothing

• food

• literature