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WorksheetsThanksgiving and more
Total questions: 105
Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
TV dinners were created as the result of a 26 ton turkey surplus.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
2.
Black Friday is the busiest day for plumbers.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
How many places in the United States are named Turkey?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
4.
Which president declared Thanksgiving a National Holiday?
a)
George Washington
b)
Abe Lincoln
c)
Andrew Jackson
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
5.
Thanksgiving is only an American holiday.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
The first department store to hold a Thanksgiving parade was
a)
Macy's
b)
Montgomery Wards
c)
J.C. Penny's
d)
Gimbel's
7.
Turkeys can drown if they look up in the rain.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
The color of a turkey’s head and throat will change depending on his mood.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Wild turkeys can run at speeds of up to ____
a)
15 mph
b)
25 mph
c)
30 mph
d)
40 mph
10.
Wild turkeys can fly at speeds of up to ____
a)
10 mph
b)
25 mph
c)
55 mph
d)
70 mph
11.
The longest balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is:
a)
Spiderman
b)
Superman
c)
Wonder Woman
d)
Barney the Dinosaur
12.
What day of the week is Thanksgiving?
a)
Monday
b)
Saturday
c)
Tuesday
d)
Thursday
13.
What is this?
a)
apple pie
b)
pumpkin pie
c)
banana pie
d)
chocolate pie
14.
What are these?
a)
black berries
b)
blueberries
c)
strawberries
d)
cranberries
15.
Who lived in America first?
a)
American Indians
b)
white people
c)
Africans
d)
people from England
16.
When did the pilgrims come to America?
a)
400 years ago
b)
100 years ago
c)
25 years ago
d)
10 years ago
17.
What is the day after Thanksgiving?
a)
White Friday
b)
Black Saturday
c)
Black Wednesday
d)
Black Friday
18.
Why did the Pilgrims leave Europe?
a)
They wanted to get rich.
b)
They were looking for a Northwestern Passage to India.
c)
They wanted freedom of religion.
d)
All of the above
19.
Where did the Pilgrims come ashore in North America?
a)
Virginia
b)
Florida
c)
Jamestown
d)
Plymouth
20.
What was the name of the Indian tribe that helped the Pilgrims survive?
a)
Cherokee
b)
Wampanoag
c)
Sasquatch
d)
Tlingit
21.
What was the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to North America
a)
Nina
b)
Mayflower
c)
Pinta
d)
Santa Maria
22.
When was the first true Thanksgiving?
a)
1621
b)
1776
c)
1492
d)
1623
23.
How long was the Pilgrim voyage?
a)
1 year
b)
66 days
c)
2 years
d)
1 month
24.
What did the Wampanoags teach the Pilgrims?
a)
How to hunt and grow crops
b)
How to trade
c)
How to sew
d)
how to fish
25.
Which country consumes the most turkeys?
a)
United States
b)
Israel
c)
Canada
d)
Australia
26.
Which balloon was the first balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade in 1927?
a)
Felix the Cat
b)
Mickey Mouse
c)
Popeye
d)
Snoopy
27.
Which ocean did the pilgrims cross?
a)
The Pacific
b)
The Arctic
c)
The Atlantic
28.
Which vegetable did the pilgrims have available for Thanksgiving but did not use because they thought it was poisonous?
a)
corn
b)
string beans
c)
potatoes
29.
Approximately how many turkeys are eaten each year on Thanksgiving in the United States?
a)
100 million
b)
280 million
c)
500 million
30.
What are male turkeys called?
a)
toms
b)
bobs
c)
harrys
31.
The term "Cornucopia" means what?
a)
tall corn
b)
horn of plenty
c)
greek god of corn
32.
What sport is commonly associated with Thanksgiving?
a)
football
b)
soccer
c)
baseball
33.
Which president declared Thanksgiving a National Holiday?
a)
George Washington
b)
Abe Lincoln
c)
Andrew Jackson
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
34.
Who was the captain of the Mayflower?
a)
Marcos Smith
b)
Robert Soot
c)
Christopher Jones
d)
Squanto
35.
In what month is Thanksgiving celebrated in Canada?
a)
December
b)
November
c)
September
d)
October
36.
What part of the turkey is saved and snapped as a superstitious good luck custom?
a)
Wishbone in the neck
b)
Thigh bone
c)
Collar bone
d)
Drumstick
37.
Turkey comes from the Hebrew work "tukki". What does the word "tukki" mean?
a)
eagle
b)
deer
c)
crow
d)
parrot
38.
How many pilgrim women survived to celebrate the first Thanksgiving in 1621?
a)
40
b)
15
c)
13
d)
25
39.
How many days did the first Thanksgiving last in 1621?
a)
1
b)
4
c)
2
d)
3
40.
How long was the longest balloon ever in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade?
a)
150 ft.
b)
75 ft.
c)
240 ft.
d)
104 ft.
41.
Who is the Greek Goddess of Corn?
a)
Athena
b)
Dementer
c)
Hades
42.
Where did Thanksgiving start?
a)
West
b)
South
c)
Northwest
d)
New England
43.
All energy on Earth ultimately comes from what source?
a)
Water
b)
Sun
c)
Consumers
d)
Oxygen
44.
An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:
a)
Autotroph
b)
Producer
c)
Consumer
d)
Mutualist
45.
What does a food chain represent?
a)
How all living organisms within a habitat are connected.
b)
All of the things that a particular animal eats.
c)
How plants create their own food.
d)
A single path of energy transfer within a habitat.
46.
What does a food web represent?
a)
All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
b)
The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
c)
A single pathway or energy flow between organisms.
d)
How carnivores get their food.
47.
How long ago was pizza first created?
a)
15 years ago
b)
5 years ago
c)
2,500 years ago
d)
100,000 years ago
48.
The first ‘Pizza Hut’ opened in which country?
a)
England
b)
Italy
c)
USA
d)
France
49.
Where were the first hamburgers made?
a)
Japan
b)
USA
c)
Germany
d)
Atlantis
50.
How long ago was the hamburger first created?
a)
5 years ago
b)
20 years ago
c)
200 years ago
d)
1000000 years ago
51.
Foods such as pasta and bread are often known by what word starting with the letter C?
a)
Carbohydrates
b)
Chemicals
c)
Chimichangas
d)
Candles
52.
Dairy products are made from...?
a)
Milk
b)
Cheese
c)
Water
d)
Orange juice
53.
Which McDonald's food has the most calories?
a)
Chicken Salad
b)
Vanilla Milkshake
c)
Crispy Chicken and Bacon Wrap
d)
Carrot Sticks
54.
a)
Big Mac
b)
Big King
c)
Quarter Pounder
d)
Whopper
55.
a)
Sonic
b)
In-N-Out Burger
c)
Steak N Shake
d)
Five Guys
56.
a)
Chipotle
b)
Moe's
c)
Taco Bell
d)
El Pollo Loco
57.
a)
McDonalds
b)
Sonic
c)
Dairy Queen
d)
Carvel
58.
a)
Papa John's
b)
Little Caesar's
c)
Pizza Hut
d)
Domino's
59.
a)
Sonic
b)
Steak N Shake
c)
Chik Fil A
d)
Dairy Queen
60.
Eating foods filled with sodium, like many fast foods, can increase your risk for _____________.
a)
cholesterol
b)
acne
c)
headaches
d)
blood sugar spike
61.
The trans fats are known to raise bad ______________levels.
a)
acne
b)
insulin spike
c)
weight
d)
cholesterol
62.
People who eat at fast-food restaurants tend to take an ____________ per day.
a)
weight
b)
extra calories
c)
high blood pressure
d)
cholesterol
63.
Fast food is typically sodium-heavy, wich can elevate blood_____________.
a)
cholesterol
b)
pressure
c)
insulin
d)
sugar
64.
Obesity can cause ____________ and wheezing, even when you do very litle physical activity.
a)
shortness of breath
b)
dental distress
c)
cholesterol
d)
heart disease
65.
It doesn't matter where you get your calories from, as long as you get the right amount.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
66.
Drinking plenty of water keeps your system running smoothly.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
67.
Skipping breakfast is a good way to keep your calorie count down.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
68.
Food labels are a good source of nutritional and calorie-related information.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
69.
Being overweight can put people at risk for diabetes, heart disease and other diseases.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
70.
Portions today are larger than they were in the past.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
71.
Chinese leaders believed their right to rule came from…
a)
A Mandate of Heaven
b)
The People
c)
Their Birthright
d)
Superior Technology
72.
What route exchanged goods and ideas between Asia, Europe, and Africa?
a)
The Euphrates Road
b)
The Himalayan Road
c)
The Silk Road
d)
The Yellow Road
73.
This helped protect China from outsiders:
a)
The Yellow River
b)
The Hindu Kush
c)
Citadels
d)
The Great Wall
74.
What is NOT a Chinese achievement?
a)
Accupuncture
b)
Paper
c)
Buddhism
d)
Gun powder
75.
Which of the following statements is true about China? (6-1.3)
a)
The Indus River brought extremely fertile soil
b)
The Nile River often flooded China, decimating crops
c)
The Huang He brought important loess to the river valley
d)
The Tigris brought important loess to the river valley
76.
Which of the following is not a Chinese Achievement?
a)
Gunpowder
b)
Silk
c)
Plastic surgery
d)
Seismograph
77.
Which of the following correctly describes similarities between Egypt, the Fertile Crescent, India, and China? (6-1.3)
a)
They depended on rivers to provide fertile soil, irrigation, and transportation
b)
They wrote hieroglyphics on paper made from trees
c)
Their economy was supported by making medicines from oracle bones
d)
They had divine kingship
78.
Because of isolation…
a)
China grew without the goods and ideas of nearby cultures
b)
China could trade gunpowder for gold
c)
India shared the ideas of the Caste System
d)
China had powerful Buddhist emperors
79.
What was the origin of Confucianism and Taoism (6-3.1)
a)
China
b)
India
c)
Egypt
d)
Mesopotamia
80.
Which product would have most likely been trade from the East to the West on the Silk Road? (6-3.1)
a)
Gold
b)
Porcelain
c)
Silver
d)
Wool
81.
What was the natural border of China that was a mountain range?
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Himalayan Mountains
c)
Appalachian Mountains
d)
Sierra-Nevada Mountains
82.
A wealthy, upperclass person in the Ancient Roman Republic
a)
patrician
b)
plebian
c)
counsul
d)
dictator
83.
A structure that carries water over long distances
a)
colosseum
b)
dome
c)
aqueduct
d)
arch
84.
An ordinary citizen in the ancient Roman Republic
a)
patrician
b)
plebian
c)
counsul
d)
mercenary
85.
A modern soccer stadium is similar to which Roman accomplishment?
a)
Pont du Gard
b)
The Colosseum
c)
Basilica of Constantine
d)
The Pantheon
86.
Which group most heavily influenced Roman art and architecture?
a)
Babylonians
b)
Greeks
c)
Egyptians
d)
Persians
87.
Why did the Romans create the republic?
a)
So they would not have a king in control.
b)
To defend themselves.
c)
So that every person could be a citizen.
d)
So that judges could make laws.
88.
Who were the two main characters in the story that tells the beginnings of Rome?
a)
Romulus & Remus
b)
Zeus & Hera
c)
Ronulus & Roman
d)
Bill & Ted
89.
What city was buried in ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted?
a)
Naples
b)
Florence
c)
Rome
d)
Pompeii
90.
In addition to their own developments, the Romans borrowed many ideas from the Etruscans and the
a)
Chinese
b)
Greeks
c)
Egyptians
d)
Mesopotamians
91.
In what sea was Rome a peninsula, which allowed it to prosper in trade and interact with and conquer other lands?
a)
Red
b)
Black
c)
Mediterranean
d)
Arabian
92.
In 509 BC, the Romans rebelled against what people and monarchy and set up a new type of government?
a)
Carthaginians
b)
Egyptians
c)
Greeks
d)
Etruscans
93.
What is a form of government called in which the leader is put into office by citizens with the right to vote?
a)
Republic
b)
Monarchy
c)
Empire
d)
Theocracy
94.
What were the rights and responsibilities of Roman citizens?
a)
Vote
b)
Pay taxes
c)
Serve in the army
d)
All of the above
95.
In what way did plebeians not have the same rights as patricians?
a)
Could not veto laws and could not own a slave
b)
Could not marry patricians and could not serve in a government office
c)
Could not veto laws and could not own land
d)
Could not work with a patrician and could not borrow money
96.
Whose job was to make sure the plebeians' concerns were brought to the government's attention?
a)
Praetors
b)
Consuls
c)
Tribunes
d)
Patricians
97.
Rome's most important legislative or law-making body of 300 Patrician men was called the
a)
Forum
b)
House of Representatives
c)
Congress
d)
Senate
98.
Senators served this type of term for how long?
a)
Life
b)
Four years
c)
Eight years
d)
Two years
99.
Why did the Plebeians think they should have equal rights?
a)
They fought in the army and paid taxes
b)
They fought in the army and built temples
c)
They worshipped the gods and paid taxes
d)
They fought in the army and worked at the Forum
100.
How did the Plebeians convince the Patricians they should have more rights?
a)
They refused to serve in the army and left the city to set up their republic
b)
They set up their own army and fought the Patricians
c)
They sailed to Greece and started a new Roman colony
d)
They joined the Carthaginians and fought against Rome
101.
The complex structure of Roman government to limit the power of any one group or persons is called a system of
a)
Checks and balances
b)
Checks and penalties
c)
Checks and denarii
d)
Checks on power
102.
Who made himself dictator for life and was seen as a hero to the plebeians because he gave them land & food, but was power-hungry to the patricians?
a)
Julius Caesar
b)
Mark Antony
c)
Scipio
d)
Caesar Augustus
103.
What were the three forms of government that Rome had?
a)
Oligarchy, democracy, theocracy
b)
Monarchy, republic, empire
c)
Monarchy, democracy, republic
d)
Theocracy, monarchy, empire
104.
What was Caesar's grandnephew called before he became the first emperor of Rome
a)
Mark Antony
b)
Scipio
c)
Sulla
d)
Octavian
105.
Who said, "I found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble?"
a)
Julius Caesar
b)
Cleopatra
c)
Caesar Augustus
d)
Mark Antony
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