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WorksheetsThanksgiving: Warm Welcome K12
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 3mins
If you had been alive in 1620 and you asked about the Pilgrims, there's a good chance no one would have understood who you were talking about. What were the passengers from the first ships that sailed to New England called?
The Originals
Planters
First Comers
New Kids on the Block
What year do we see Plymouth Rock mentioned in primary sources?
1741
1600
1620
1774
What was the land that became Plymouth like when the English arrived?
A wild, unsettled place.
Containing nothing of great value or interest.
Having a great many cabins and gardens.
A hideous and desolate wildnerness.
When the English landed, they didn't see any people. Where were all the Native people whose homes Champlain had drawn on his map?
Hiding because they feared the Pilgrims.
Dead due to an epidemic brought by Europeans.
Relocated to another village.
Visiting other tribal communities.
When did the English and the Wampanoag people begin to develop a relationship?
About six months before the first Thanksgiving
About a year and a half before the first Thanksgiving
When the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth
At the first Thanksgiving
Was the 1621 autumn feast we identify as the "first Thanksgiving" a day of thanksgiving for the English?
Yes
No
Does the only real historical reference to the famous fall feast use the words "harvest festival" or "thanksgiving" to describe the event?
Yes
No
What year did Thanksgiving become an official national holiday?
1800
1620
1942
1746
The fourth Thursday in November is observed as the National Day of ______by many.
Celebration
Reflection
Mourning
