Pirates & Buccaneers

What is a boucan?

• A spare used to fish

• The name given to the boat

• A wooden grate

• A sword

The Buccaneers were a mixed group of people. They were mostly...

• Americans, French and English

• Spaniards, Dutch and English

• Spaniards, French and Dutch

• English, French and Dutch

Who chased the Buccaneers off Hispaniola?

• Spaniards

• Pirates

• English

• Americans

Who took to the sea and lived by capturing Spanish ships?

• Pirates

• Spaniards

• French

• Dutch

How did the pirates lure ships upon the reefs?

• They would chase them

• They would play loud music

• They would use false lighthouses

• The smell of meat cooking

What is the name given to the pirate flag?

• Skull and bones

• The banner of prince death

• Death is coming

• Jolly Roger

Who was the most frightening pirate of all?

• Calico Jack

• Blackbeard

• Jolly Roger

• Charles Vane

Why couldn't the government who ruled the islands of the Bahamas not stop the pirates' raids?

• The pirate headquarters were in Nassau

• There were too many hiding places amongst the cays and bays.

• The pirates were in charge of governing the Bahamas.

• The government had been raided.

In which year was Blackbeard finally killed?

• 1871

• 1781

• 1718

• 1817

Which pirate died of fever in a prison?

• Charles Vane

• Mary Reade

• Stede Bonnet

• Edward Teach