Thanksgiving
Vocabulary/ new words
History
Food
Extra
100

A day of from school or job.

What is a holiday?

100


The thing you say to someone else if you’re happy or grateful.


What is thank you?

100

The year of the first Thanksgiving.

What is 1621?

100

A yellow plant. If you dry the seeds, you can pop them.


What is corn?

100


A big orange fruit also used at Halloween.


What is a pumpkin?

200


A group of people that you are related to.


What is a family?

200


A feeling of being thankful.


What is grateful?

200


The first people to live in the USA. They have been called Indians.


Who are Native Americans?

200


The bird that is usually eaten on Thanksgiving.


What is a turkey?

200


When they grow on trees in Spring, they are green. They turn brown, red and yellow before they fall off.


What are leaves?

300


The name of the month Thanksgiving is held.


What is november?

300


When you gather the crops from the field.


What is harvest?

300


They travelled from England.


Where did the Pilgrims travel from?

300


This is put inside the turkey to be cooked.


What is stuffing?

300

A sweet dessert made with a giant orange fruit.


What is pumpkin pie?

400

He declared Thanksgiving to be a public holiday in 1789.

Who is George Washington.

400

The season that comes between summer and winter.


What is Autumn/fall?

400

Mayflower.

What is the name of the Pilgrims first ship?

400


A very special meal with a lot of food.


What is a feast?

400

 Approximately 280 million.

What is the number of turkeys eaten in the USA on Thanksgiving?

500

A tradition at the dinner where it is important to get the bigger half of this...

What is a wishbone?

500

All the food that is eaten or prepared at one time.


What is a meal?

500

The name of the rock that the first Pilgrims stepped on when they arrived.

What is Plymouth Rock?

500

It’s shaped like a horn, and it’s filled with a lot of fruit or vegetables.


What is a Cornucopia?

500

1876

When was the first Thanksgiving football game in?