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New Year Celebrations Around The World Worksheet

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New Year Celebrations Around the World

Directions: Circle the letter next to the answer that completes each sentence.

1. Ancient Egyptians celebrated the New Year ____________.

a. in the spring, when crops started to grow

b. in the fall, when the harvest completed the growing season

c. in the winter, when the earth was quiet

2. January is named after the Roman god Janus, who is shown as a(n) ____________.

a. harvest god

b. infant god

c. two-headed god

3. The Jewish New Year is celebrated in ____________.

a. the winter

b. the spring

c. the fall

4. On New Year's Day in British Columbia and some other places, the polar bear

swim takes place when people ____________.

a. buy extra fish for polar bears

b. visit polar bears at the zoo

c. go swimming outside

5. The song “Auld Lang Syne” comes from ____________.

a. Scotland

b. Germany

c. France

6. “Auld Lang Syne” roughly translates as ____________.

a. “Happy New Year”

b. “Good Luck and Blessings”

c. “The Good Old Days”

7. The first Tournament of Roses Parade was held in ____________.

a. 1896

b. 1912

c. 1946

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New Year Celebrations Around The World Worksheet