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New Year Around the World

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Burning a life-sized doll to get rid any bad luck from the previous year is a New Year's tradition in ...

a)

Vietnam

b)

India

c)

Peru

d)

Scotland

2.

January 1 is the time when ALL countries in the world celebrate New Year.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

In celebrating the New Year, Chinese people use the colour of ... because it symbolizes luck and happiness.

a)

white

b)

red

c)

black

d)

green

4.

This is one of the Jewish tradition in celebrating New Year.

a)

Eat longevity noodles.

b)

Eat apples dipped in honey.

c)

Pour water over the hands of elderly people.

d)

Bake cakes with coins.

5.

A festival celebrating the traditional Thailand New Year, held in April and marked by the throwing and sprinkling of water is called ...

a)

Songkran

b)

Candle Festival

c)

Yi Peng

d)

Phi Ta Khon

6.

It is a tradition in ... to eat 12 grapes at midnight because there are 12 months of the year.

a)

USA

b)

Ireland

c)

Greece

d)

Spain

7.

People in Ireland bang ... on their walls and doors to chase bad luck out of their homes.

a)

coins

b)

banana stem

c)

bread

d)

furniture

8.

The girls in Tanzania battle each other with banana stems so they do not bring their anger into the New Year.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What year in Chinese zodiac is 2022?

a)

Rat

b)

Rabbit

c)

Tiger

d)

Ox

10.

People in the Philippines wear clothing covered with polka dots in the New Year because it symbolizes ... in the year ahead.

a)

luck

b)

riches

c)

happiness

d)

long live

11.

This is the New Year's tradition of people in Scotland and parts of England :

a)

Light bonfire and carry torches.

b)

Jump into freezing cold water.

c)

Tossing furniture out of the window.

12.

During the New Year, children in Russia and Ukraine get gifts from ...

a)

Santa Claus.

b)

Grandfather Frost.

c)

Sinterklaas.

d)

Father Christmas.

13.

People in Italy eat lentils during New Year because ...

a)

They taste good.

b)

They look like coins.

c)

They are healthy.

14.

The person who finds a coin in their piece of cake will be lucky that year. This is the New Year's tradition of people in ...

a)

Greece.

b)

United Kingdom.

c)

Japan.

d)

Scotland.

15.

People in India celebrate the New Year with a festival called Diwali that is also called as the ...

a)

Festival of Luck.

b)

Festival of Joy.

c)

Festival of Food.

d)

Festival of Lights