Thanksgiving and the USA
MAYFLOWER CROSSING AND THE PILGRIMS
1. From which city and country did the Pilgrims leave for the New World? ___________________________________________ 
2. From which continent did they leave ? _________________________________
3. When did the Pilgrims set sail? ____________________________________
4. Which is the name of the ship in which they sailed? _____________________________________
5. In which direction did the Pilgrims sail: northeast, northwest, southwest, or southeast? ___________________________________
6. Which ocean did the Pilgrims cross? ________________________________________
7. To which continent did they sail? ________________________________________
8. When did the Pilgrims land on this continent? ________________________________________
9. How long did their voyage take: 5 days, 30 days, 66 days, or 94 days? _______________________________
10. The Pilgrims first landed on Cape Cod (in what is now Massachusetts) and then sailed to a nearby area. What is the name of the stony landmark where they eventually landed? ____________________________________________ 1. What is the capital city of the USA? ________________________________ 2. What country borders the USA on the north? _______________________________ 3. What country borders the USA on the south? _______________________________ 4. What ocean borders the USA on the west? _____________________________________ 5. What ocean borders the USA on the east? _____________________________________ 6. What large body of water (a gulf) borders the USA on the southeast? ______________________________________ 7. What are the huge lakes in the northeastern USA called? _________________________________________________ 8. What is the name of the large mountain in the western USA that runs from Canada to Texas? ____________________________________ 9. What is the name of the large mountain in the eastern USA? ______________________________________ 10. What is the name of the large river that flows north-south through the USA? _____________________________________________ 