Buccaneer Pirates

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1. When you think of Pirates you think of the Caribbean, white sand beaches, tall ships, brave captains and tricorn hats. This idea comes from the "golden age of piracy". When was this? 1650-1720 1690-1810 1680-1760 1660-1730

2. A certain activity that pirates enjoyed was not allowed aboard most ships. Whenever the ship made port they would get involved in it. What was this activity? card games drinking gambling smoking

3. What year is the first recorded time that the "Jolly Rodger" (skull and crossbones) flag was flown on a pirate vessel? 1700 1698 1717 1704

4. The pirates had strict rules aboard their vessels. If these rules were broken then the person who violated the rule was punished. They had many punishments, which of these punishments is not believed to have been a real punishment used by pirates? walking the plank cat o' nine tails marooning sweating

5. Chinese pirates tended to favour a certain type of ship. What was it? sloop schooner junk barque

6. Pirates had to make port sometimes and they had havens where it was safe for a pirate to go without being arrested. What was the biggest pirate haven during the golden age of piracy until an earthquake destroyed it? (Hint: it was in Jamaica) Nassu Port Royal Tortuga Charlestown

7. Many of the most notorious and feared pirates were women. The earliest of these was a Irish woman known as "Granuaille". What was her real name? Grace O'Mally Anne Bonny Mary Read Ann Mills

8. A common alchoholic drink drunk by the pirates was a rum, water,lemon juice and sugar mixture. What was the name given to this drink? belay caulker grog oggins

9. There were many positions aboard a ship. One of them was assigned to small boys who had to clean and load the guns during battle. They were known by what name? powder-monkeys powder-parrots powder-dogs powder-hogs

10. Put these pirate guns in order from largest to smallest. musket, pistol, blunderbuss blunderbuss, musket, pistol musket, blunderbuss, pistol pistol, blunderbuss, musket