Names
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Vocabulary
100
What group group of people decided to leave England in 1620 looking for religious freedom?
Pilgrims
100
What is the name of the ocean that the Pilgrims crossed from England to America?
Atlantic Ocean
100
Why did the Pilgrims decide to make the long journey from England across the Atlantic Ocean?
They wanted religious freedom.
100
What is the name of the crop that the Native Americans taught the Pilgrims how to grow?
corn
100
What word means a group of people traveling together on a boat, bus or in a car?
passengers
200
What is the name of the ship on which the Pilgrims crossed the Atlantic Ocean and arrived in America?
Mayflower
200
What is the name of the country the Pilgrims left to look for religious freedom in America?
England
200
What were the names of two diseases that caused half of the Pilgrims to die during the first year?
scurvy and pneumonia
200
What word means the sweet edible liquid collected from maple trees?
Sap
200
What is another word that means “sick”?
Ill
300
What was the name of the group of people who helped the Pilgrims to survive the first winter in the Americas?
Native Americans
300
What is the name of the continent where the Pilgrims arrived after crossing the Atlantic Ocean?
America
300
What was life at the colony of Plymouth like for the Pilgrims? Explain.
Life was very hard because the winter was cold and wet and many Pilgrims became ill and died from diseases.
300
What is the name of the large bird that many people cook and eat for Thanksgiving?
turkey
300
What word means to suffer from lack of enough space AND describes traveling on the Mayflower ship with 102 passengers?
cramped
400
What was the name of the first Pilgrim colony in the Americas?
Plymouth
400
Where did the Pilgrims live while they were building their homes on land in the Americas?
On the Mayflower
400
Why did the colonists have a three day feast?
To give thanks for their first harvest.
400
What is the name of the type of pie that many people like to eat for Thanksgiving dessert?
pumpkin
400
What word means the state of not being imprisoned or enslaved OR the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants?
freedom
500
What is the name of the holiday we will celebrate downstairs in the cafeteria today and tomorrow with our family and friends?
Thanksgiving
500
From what country is each person in your group? What is one reason why each person in your group is thankful?
Answers vary depending on group. All group members must be included.
500
What is the word that means when two different groups of people meet each other for the first time?
Encounter
500
The cornucopia is a horn filled with food and the symbol of Thanksgiving. Use your iPad to find and draw a picture of a cornucopia.
See image
500
What word describes the three day meal that the colonists had to give thanks for their first harvest?
feast
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