Australia
The capital of Australia
Canberra
The date (each year)
11th November
the exact Date (each year)
when is it
No exact date for each year, it changes
the fourth Thursday in November
the date
5th November
What is a gunpowder?
an explosive
Native Australians
Aborigines
Name a symbol
What do people do on this day at 11 o´clock?
a poppy
stop and keep silence for 2 minutes
How do we call European refugees who ran away from their home to America? And why did they flee?
Pilgrim Fathers
because of the religion (they were Catholics and the king wanted them to be Protestans)
Say 2 other names used for this day
Bonfire Night, Gunpowder Plot
The 1st Thanksgiving ever (year)
1621
Sacred (holy) hill for native Australian people and its colour
Uluru (Ayers Rock), orange (red, brown)
What are the casualties and how are they connected to this day?
war victims
People commemorate all the victims who died or were injured in wars.
When (year) and where (state) did Europeans step on the land in America?
1620
Massachusetts
Who was Guy Fawkes and what did he want to do?
He was a soldier and he and his friends wanted to blow up the Parliament and kill the king James I.
Who pardons turkeys every year?
the American President
Australia is politically ....
Name its official head ....
Constitutional monarchy governed via parliamentary democracy
Charles III.
When was Remembrance Day the 1st time and why?
11th November 1919 - 1 year after the end of WW1
What was the name of the tribe which helped Europeans to survive the winter and their main member?
the Wampanoags, Squanto
What do people do on this day? (at least 3 things)
bonfires, burn the effigies, fireworks, sparklers etc.
Why is Canberra the capital of Australia and not the biggest city Sydney?
Because of the argument between Sydney and Melbourne
What is the nickname for Australian citizens?
Aussies
What is the name of the memorial(monument) where the Royal ceremonies take place each year?
the Cenotaph
Which year did Thanksgiving start to be an official holiday? Who made it so?
1863
Abraham Lincoln
Where was Guy Fawkes arrested before his execution?
in the cellars of the Houses of Parliament
Reasons why half of the Europeans didn´t survive the 1st winter in America.
they didn´t know how to hunt animals, grow crops or live in such difficult conditions.