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WorksheetsThanksgiving
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Thanksgiving is celebrated in the USA and Canada
on the same day
on different days
in the same month.
A part of the story of Thanksgiving involves British settlers (= uudisasukkaat) who sailed to the USA in a ship named
Mayflower
Marchflower
Juneflower.
When the settlers arrived in the USA, it was too late in the year to plant (= istuttaa kasveja), so they had very little fresh food. The winter that year was very hard as well. Luckily, they got help from
other British settlers that came there
other European settlers that were there already
Native Americans
The Wampanoag tribe (= heimo) taught the settlers how to
hunt for buffalos
grow corn
make bread
The typical modern Thanksgiving includes
a big party with all the neighbors invited
coming together in the home of an older member of the family
remembering the Native Americans
Around Thanksgiving schools have
a one-week break
no break at all
a four-day break
The Friday after Thanksgiving is called Black Friday and it’s
a huge shopping day with lots of discounts (= alennuksia) everywhere
a day when lots of candles and lamps are lit (= sytytetään) especially in the Northern parts of the US
a day to give thanks to those family members who have passed away (= kuolleet)
Which of these is a typical Thanksgiving dinner food?
fruit
turkey
hamburgers
Which of these isn’t a typical Thanksgiving dinner food?
mashed potatoes
rice
pumpkin pie
In addition to corncobs (= maissintähkät), cranberries (= karpalot) are one of the Thanksgiving symbols. How didn’t the Native Americans use cranberries?
as bait (= syöttinä) to trap deer
to heal infections (= parantaa tulehduksia)
as a dye (= väriaine) to color pictures
