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History of Gingerbread 25-26

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What kind of cookies did we learn about today?

a)

Ginger Bread

b)

Oatmeal Raisin

c)

Chocolate Chip

2.

Yes or No:

Gingerbread can be made both and moist soft or hard and crunchy.

a)

Yes

b)

No

3.

True or False:

All gingerbread is sweet and spicy.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The sweet part of gingerbread comes from molasses and ________?

a)

honey

b)

sugar

c)

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

5.

The spicy part comes from ginger.

True or False: Ginger is a plant.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

A thousand years ago bakers made gingerbread into different shapes for different seasons.

In the spring they made gingerbread _______.

a)

flowers

b)

animals

c)

suns

7.

A thousand years ago bakers made gingerbread into different shapes for different seasons.

In the fall/autumn they made gingerbread _______.

a)

flowers

b)

animals

c)

leaves

8.

True or False:

Some gingerbread cookies were decorated with edible tin foil.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The article says, Gingerbread is a "scrumptious" treat.

What does scrumptious mean?

a)

Very tasty

b)

Very nasty

c)

Very plain and boring.

10.

Bakers from what country continued the gingerbread tradition by making their own gingerbread houses?

a)

Chinese

b)

Irish

c)

German

11.

Who came up with the idea for the first gingerbread men?

a)

Queen Elizabeth

b)

Queen Latifah

c)

Queen: The Band

12.

True or False:

The gingerbread men were decorated to look like the people visiting and eating the cookies.

a)

False

b)

True

13.

What Grimm Brothers fairy tale inspired the German gingerbread houses?

a)

Hansel and Gretel

b)

Aladdin

c)

The Sword and the Stone

14.

True or False:

People continue to enjoy gingerbread all around the world.

a)

True

b)

False