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- 1. Multiple Choice
For the Plymouth settlers, "thanksgiving" referred to a day of:
Feasting
Prayer
Conflict
Mourning
- 2. Multiple Choice
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
- 3. Multiple Choice
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
- 4. Multiple Choice
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
- 5. Multiple Choice
To the Plymouth settlers, Tisquantum (Squanto) 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
- 6. Multiple Choice
The Plymouth settlement was built on:
An untamed wilderness
A dead Wampanoag village
An abandoned English town
A thriving European trading post
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which food was almost certainly served at the first thanksgiving?
pumpkin pie
corn
turkey
cranberry sauce
- 8. Multiple Choice
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
- 9. Multiple Choice
Why did the Pilgrims travel to the New World?
They wanted to explore Plymouth.
They wanted to pray their own way.
They were forced to leave England.They were invited by Native Americans.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Some of the colonists joined the trip hoping for
the opportunity to get rich.
the opportunity to learn to fish and hunt.
the opportunity to learn about Native American culture.
the opportunity to start a new religion - 11. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the ship the colonists sailed in September 1620?
the Sunflower
the Plymouth
the Mayflower
the Massachusetts - 12. Multiple Choice
The first winter in Plymouth was hard, so the colonists
went back to England.
stayed on their ship.
moved in with Native Americans.
built a town on the shore.
- 13. Multiple Choice
What skills did Squanto use to help the colonists?
cooking skills
interpretation skills
sewing skills
shib building skills
- 14. Multiple Choice
True or False: Members of the Wampanoag tribe helped the colonists survive.
true
false
- 15. Multiple Choice
What did the colonists and the Native Americans do after the autumn harvest of 1621?
They promised to share autumn harvests with nearby Native Americans forever.
They promised to live peacefully with nearby Native Americans forever.
They had a week long carnival.
They had a three-day feast.
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which foods were probably a part of the first Thanksgiving feast?
fowl, deer, mussels and ducks
turkey, candy corn, biscuits and pecan pie
steak, stuffing, peppers and pears
lamb, clams, cranberries and apple pie - 17. Multiple Choice
Why did the colonists celebrate the first Thanksgiving?
to learn to plant corn to eat
to express gratitude after the autumn harvest
to learn to cook fowl for a feast
to express sadness after the hard winter - Answer choicesTagsAnswer choicesTags