Centuries Ago
Country of origin of the Pilgrims
What was England?
Original destination of Pilgrims in North America
What is Virginia?
Indigenous tribe living in the Massachusetts area when Pilgrims arrived
Who are the Wampanoag?
Term indigenous people used to describe corn, beans, and squash growing together
What is the three sisters?
The months that the first 1621 Thanksgiving most likely happened due to the harvest
What is September or October?
What are the Mayflower and Speedwell?
Cause of Pilgrims to arrive north of destination in what is now Massachusetts
What is a storm on the high seas of the Atlantic Ocean?
Reason only about half the original Pilgrims were alive to start to build a settlement in Massachusetts
What is sickness?
Reason Pilgrims found Plymouth area ready to build their new settlement
What is a native village that was once there but the people all died of small pox?
Woman who wrote letters to several presidents encouraging them to create a national holiday of thanksgiving
Who was Sarah Hale?
Reason the Pilgrim journey started a month later than planned
What is the Speedwell kept springing leaks?
Approximate number of Pilgrims sailing on the Mayflower
What is about 100?
Native person who greeted the Pilgrims, in English, and set out to help them in the spring of 1621
Who was Squanto/Tisquantum? (or Samoset)
Holiday images that are historically incorrect
What are buckles and black and white clothing?
President who originally designated Thanksgiving an official American holiday
Who is President Abraham Lincoln?
True or False: All the passengers on the Mayflower were traveling to the new world for religious freedom
What is false?
Approximate number of days the Pilgrims sailed west
What is about 65 days?
What is burying a dead fish along with the seeds?
Modern holiday food & utensil not present at first Thanksgiving
What are mashed potatoes/pumpkin pie and the fork?
Symbol of abundance representing the Thanksgiving holiday
What is a cornucopia?
Country the Pilgrims lived in for some time after leaving England but before traveling to North America
What is the Netherlands or Holland?
The first landing spot of the Pilgrims before arriving at Plymouth, Massachusetts
What is Provincetown, Massachusetts?
The Pilgrims copied a celebration of thanks from which other culture that celebrates Sukkot
What is the Jewish culture?
The year in history that Plimoth Plantation shows visitors who come to visit this living museum
What is 1627?
Word used to describe a holiday that all American citizens celebrate
What is NATIONAL?