Introduction

Ahoy Ye Mateys

After Captain Jack Sparrow and his Pirates of the Caribbean and CBS's Survivor expedition to the Pearl Islands with Tribes of Morgan, Drake, and Balboa, what do you really know about the men and women they called Pirates?

Questions

1. Were the pirates outlaws in the eyes of their governments?
   
   
2. What was the trick used to win the pirate battle in Venezuela?
   
   
3. Who decided that treasure was more important than food, and paid for it dearly?
   
   
4. What Island was host to a Pirate Government?
   
   
5. Where did Black Sam's ship go down?
   
   
6. What is the name of Edward Teach's boat?
   
   
7. It is believed Blackbeards ship held how many cannons
   
   
8. Who's flag was the famous skull and crossbones?
   
   
9. Who was Mark Reed?
   
   
10. What is the name of the highest platform on a ship?
    
    
11. What was the meaning of Pints and Quarts
    
    
12. Who got their name from the Barbeque pits they ate at?
    
    
13. Who was the daughter of a lawyer
    
    
14. Pirates ate some of the rarest animals in the world. Which of these is endangered today?
    
    
15. How did Biddle and Porter fit in with the Pirates
    
    
16. Name 5 of of the 'punishments' handed out to pirates
    
    

The Internet Resources

• Biography of Sir Francis Drake
• Biography of Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Pirate Images
• The Whydah
• The Golden Age
• The Rose
• One of the lesser known pirate hideouts
• Female Pirates
• The colors
• Blackbeard's Story
• Queen Anne's Revenge
• History of the US Navy
• Female Pirates?
• Another look at the history
• Biography of Henry Morgan
• Sailor Sayings

The Big Question

What is your initial thought of pirates? Who were they and how did they work? After the biographies, how has your image of the pirates changed?