Thanksgiving Trivia

Word Box

Pilgrims Mayflower Atlantic Indians

Plymouth 1620 religious 66

John Carver Fall Christopher Jones

102 England feast President Roosevelt

Use the words in the word box to answer each question.

1. The Pilgrims set sail in ______________ on a ship called the

___________________________.

2. They began their voyage in ____________________________.

3. The ship carried _______________ men, women and children and additional
crew.

4. The captain of the Mayflower was ________________________.

5. The Pilgrim landed and settled at __________________,

Massachusetts.

6. The Pilgrim traveled across the ______________ Ocean.

7. A group of _____________ celebrated the first Thanksgiving

______________with the Pilgrims during the __________ of 1621.

7. The Mayflower voyage lasted ____________ days.

8. The _______________ came to the New World for _______________

freedom.

9. The date to celebrate Thanksgiving was changed in 1939, to the fourth Thursday
in November, by ______________________________.

10. _________________________was the first Governor of Plymouth Colony.

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Thanksgiving Trivia answer key:

1. 1620, Mayflower
2. England
3. 102
4. Christopher Jones
5. Plymouth
6. Atlantic
7. Indians, feast, Fall
8. Pilgrims, religious
9. President Roosevelt
10. John Carver

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