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WorksheetsThe Ultimate Thanksgiving Challenge!
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This Country celebrates it's Thanksgiving Day on the second Monday of October.
a)
Canada
b)
Liberia
c)
The UK
d)
Germany
2.
This Country's Thanksgiving Celebration is about the 1578 voyage of Arthur Frobisher, a British explorer who organized a meal for his crew when they (barely) made it to this country's shores.
a)
England
b)
USA
c)
Canada
d)
The Netherlands
3.
USA Thanksgiving celebrates the feast shared between the Pilgrims and .....
a)
Shawnee
b)
Cherokee
c)
Powhatans
d)
Wampanoags
4.
The first American Thanksgiving was in
a)
1607
b)
1578
c)
1621
d)
1862
5.
The only other country in the world that celebrates American Thanksgiving as a National Holiday (on the first Thursday of November) is
a)
Canada
b)
The Netherlands
c)
Liberia
d)
Haiti
6.
Before heading to the New World, the Pilgrims took refuge in from English religious persecution in town of Leiden, where Thanksgiving is celebrated today in their honor. Leiden is in what country
a)
Canada
b)
Liberia
c)
Grenada
d)
The Netherlands
7.
This country officially celebrates a National Thanksgiving on October 25th
a)
Canada
b)
Grenada
c)
Liberia
d)
Haiti
8.
Although this country's Thanksgiving is not considered a big deal, it gives thanks for an American-led invasion
a)
Grenada
b)
Haiti
c)
Liberia
d)
The Netherlands
9.
Celebrated on the Last Wednesday of November, with a feast that includes a "ridiculous array of banana dishes," Thanksgiving was brought to tiny Norfolk Island, off of this country by American Whalers.
a)
The Netherlands
b)
Australia
c)
Canada
d)
Liberia
10.
The Jamestown colonists, and the Popham Colony in Maine celebrated a Thanksgiving in
a)
1601
b)
1607
c)
1621
d)
1578
11.
Prior to arrival of Europeans, a good harvest was sought with dance and rituals such as the Green Corn Dance of the
a)
Cherokees
b)
Powhatan
c)
Wampanoags
d)
Sioux
12.
The first Presidential Proclamation that the people of the United States observe a "day of public thanksgiving and prayer" was in
a)
1621
b)
1776
c)
1789
d)
1862
13.
The Encyclopedia Smithsonian gives most of the credit for the establishment of an annual Thanksgiving holiday to
a)
President Washington
b)
President Lincoln
c)
Sara Josepha Hale
d)
Eliza Hamilton
14.
Which President proclaimed a National Thanksgiving Day, to be observed on the fourth Thursday of November?
a)
Jefferson
b)
Lincoln
c)
FDR
d)
Fillmore
15.
The information for this quiz comes from Vox.com and Encyclopedia Smithsonian
a)
True
b)
False
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