Jolly Roger Card Answers
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1.  "Corsair" is a French word that means "pirate". 
2.  The word "buccaneer"  comes from the word "boucan" which is a word used in the native language of Haiti.
3.  "Boucan" is a word that describes a short sword used by natives on the island of Haiti to hunt wild oxen and pigs.  
4.  The name "Golden Age of Piracy" was given this name because this was the time when Spain sent Mexico's treasure through the Caribbean Sea and across the Atlantic Ocean.
5.  The first pirates began to sail early in the 1500's when countries that bordered the Meditteranean Sea and Indian Ocean began to trade with one another.
6.  The Mediterranean Corsairs sailed from the Barbary Coast which is located along the North African Coast.
7.  The Barbary Pirates usually sold captives from Christian countries as slaves.
8.  The Pirates Kings of the Barbary Coast were called "raises".
9.  The Barbarossa brothers were famous Barbary Coast Corsairs.
10.  The first privateers were from England.
11.  The buccaneers hated the Spanish because the Spanish were always trying to capture and kill them.
12.  The buccaneers called themselves "Brethren of the Coast".
13.  The Carribbean islands and the waters surrounding them became known as the West Indies.
14.  The War of Spanish Succession ended the Golden Age of Piracy in 1701.
15.  Sir Henry Morgan was said to be the most successful buccaneer.
16.  Sir Henry Morgan completely destroyed the city of Panama in 1671.
17.  In order for a pirate to become a ship captain, he must be elected by the crew.
18.  The quartermaster had more power aboard a pirate ship than the captain did.
19.  There was a strong pirate base on New Providence Island in the Bahamas.`
20.  The Brittish government tried to help the merchant ships by offering the pirates the chance to be forgiven of their crimes.