The First Thanksgiving Quiz

What is the legend of the first Thanksgiving?

• A celebration of a plentiful harvest in the New World

• A feast of thanksgiving in the early days of the American colonies

• A mythologized version of how Thanksgiving became a national holiday

• A tale about the Pilgrims settling in Massachusetts

Where did the Pilgrims settle in the New World?

• Maine

• Wampanoag Tribe

• Massachusetts

• England

What did the Wampanoag Tribe teach the Pilgrims?

• How to cook cranberries and different kinds of corn and squash dishes

• How to grow crops like corn

• All of the above

• How to hunt and fish

What crops were harvested in the autumn of 1621?

• Tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, and onions

• Rice, soybeans, peas, and carrots

• Corn, wheat, potatoes, and apples

• Corn, barley, beans, and pumpkins

Who did the Pilgrims invite to their feast of thanks?

• The Pilgrims' European friends

• The rangers who defeated the Wampanoag

• The Wampanoag chief and his tribe

• The Popham Colony

Which colony celebrated a day of thanksgiving before the Pilgrims?

• Massachusetts

• Maine

• South Virginia

• Florida

How did the Pilgrims celebrate the defeats of the Wampanoag?

• With rapid expansion

• With quiet reflection

• With a day of thanksgiving

• With rowdy drunken men begging for treats

Who encouraged the celebration of Thanksgiving as a unifying holiday?

• The Wampanoag Tribe

• Sarah Josepha Hale

• The Pilgrims

• Abraham Lincoln

When did Abraham Lincoln ask Americans to set aside a day of thanksgiving?

• 1863

• 1620

• 1607

• 1630

What is the overall controlling idea of the passage?

• The overall controlling idea of the passage is how the true first Thanksgiving went down

• The overall controlling idea of the passage is the history of the English language

• The overall controlling idea of the passage is how Spain and English colonized America

• The overall controlling idea of the passage is the ways that Native Americans prepared their meals