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The History of Thanksgiving

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which material did the pilgrims not use to build their home?

a)

wood

b)

rocks

c)

grass

2.

What are crops?

a)

fruits and vegetables that only grow on trees

b)

food that is rotten and thrown away

c)

food that people plant, grow, and pick

3.

Who are the Pilgrims?

a)

A group of people who came to America from England many years ago

b)

small children

c)

native americans

4.

How did the Pilgrims and Wampanoags make cornmeal?

a)

They used a wooden stick to pound corn.

b)

They froze corn.

c)

They cooked corn on a stove.

5.

What is a wetu?

a)

a Wampanoag toy

b)

a Wampanoag home

c)

a Wampanoag boat

6.

What is a mishoon?

a)

a Wampanoag home

b)

a Wampanoag boat

c)

a Wampanoag toy

7.

Who are the Wampanoags?

a)

Pilgrims

b)

small children

c)

a group of people living in America when the Pilgrims came 400 years ago

8.

What food was not on the Thanksgiving menu 400 years ago?

a)

mashed potatoes

b)

turkey

c)

fish

9.

What did Tisquantum teach the pilgrims to do?

a)

how to play 9 pin

b)

how to make cornmeal

c)

how to plant corn

10.

Who went to the first Thanksgiving?

a)

only the Pilgrims

b)

only the Wampanoags

c)

the Pilgrims and Wampanoags

11.

Why did the Pilgrims throw a big feast?

a)

it was someone's birthday

b)

the Pilgrims crops grew and they had a lot of food

c)

they just arrived to America and wanted to celebrate

12.

How long did their feast last?

a)

3 days

b)

1 day

c)

400 years