Pirates: Fact and Fiction (Grade 7)
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Pirates: Fact and Fiction
1.
People who rob ships or coastal areas are called .
- privateers
- brigands
- bandits
- pirates
2.
The first documented pirates were the "Sea Peoples" in the Mediterranean Sea in the 14th century BCE.
- True
- False
3.
Medieval Vikings were pirates.
- True
- False
4.
French privateers were called .
5.
Before it became a term for a pirate, the word "buccaneer" was used for hunters of wild boars and smokers of their meat on the islands of Tortuga and Hispaniola.
- True
- False
6.
The Barbary Pirates raided Iceland.
- True
- False
7.
What are two of the four modern-day countries that made up the Barbary Coast?
8.
In 1794, the United States signed treaties with the Barbary States agreeing to pay them tribute.
- True
- False
9.
What makes a privateer different from a pirate?
10.
Port Royal, Jamaica, was a safe haven for pirates in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- True
- False
11.
The "Spanish Main" was the term used for the area of ocean patrolled by Spanish pirates.
- True
- False
12.
Piracy in the Caribbean developed mainly in response to the amount of gold and silver being shipped from the Spanish colonies.
- True
- False
13.
Many pirates were unemployed soldiers.
- True
- False
14.
Henry Morgan was a Dutch pirate.
- True
- False
15.
In addition to exploring, Francis Drake was also a .
- priest
- artisan
- privateer
- merchant
16.
French buccaneers used which island as their base?
- Saint Martin
- Puerto Rico
- Tortuga
- Cuba
17.
Captain Kidd buried his treasure on Oak Island.
- True
- False
18.
The Oak Island "Money Pit" is probably a natural sinkhole.
- True
- False
19.
Edward Teach was the pirate .
- Captain Kidd
- Calico Jack
- Blackbeard
- Barbarossa
20.
There is no documentation showing that Blackbeard every actually harmed his captives.
- True
- False
21.
All "Jolly Roger" flags had a skull and crossbones.
- True
- False
22.
Burying treasure was a common practice among pirates.
- True
- False
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