WorksheetsBrain Pop QUIZ: Thanksgiving
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
For the Plymouth settlers, "thanksgiving" referred to a day of:
Feasting
Prayer
Conflict
Mourning
What caused the death of two-thirds of the Wampanoag prior to the arrival of the Mayflower?
Invasions by rival tribes
European conquest
Disease from European traders
Drought and food shortages
The English Separatists left Holland in order to:
Escape religious persecution
Rejoin the Church of England
Build their own Christian society
Convert Native Americans to Christianity
Which term best describes the relationship between Oosamequan and John Carver?
Cautious allies
Fierce competitors
Friendly rivals
Trading partners
What did the Wampanoag hope to gain from their agreement with the Plymouth settlers?
Agricultural knowledge
Free passage to England
Protection from rival tribes
Return of Native land
To the Plymouth settlers, Tisquantum was:
The first Native American to make contact with them.
The Wampanoag leader who negotiated peace with them.
The Narragansett leader who threatened them.
The Wampanoag man who taught them how to survive.
The Plymouth settlement was built on:
An untamed wilderness
A former Wampanoag village
An abandoned English town
A thriving European trading post
Why did Oosemequan bring 90 men to Plymouth in the fall of 1621?
To celebrate the harvest with the settlers
To negotiate the return of their land
To recruit soldiers for a war
To investigate a possible attack
Which food was almost certainly served at the first thanksgiving?
Some consider Thanksgiving a day of mourning because of:
The suffering of Native Americans
The hardships of the Plymouth settlers
The destruction of New England forests
The scars of the Civil War
