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1.

What was a Corsair?

2.

Where did the name buccaneer come from?

3.

What is the meaning of "boucan"?

4.

How did the time period called "Golden Age of Piracy" get its name?

5.

When did the first pirates begin to sail the oceans and seas?

6.  

From which coast did the Corsairs of the Mediterranean Sea sail from?

7.

What people did the Barbary pirates usually sell as slaves?

8. 

By what name were the Pirate Kings of the Barbary coast called?

9.

Who were the Barbarossa brothers?

10.

From what country were the first privateers sent from?

11.

Why did the buccaneers hate the Spanish?

12.

What name did the buccaneers give to themselves?

13.

What name was the string of Caribbean islands and their waters called by?

14.

Which war ended the Golden Age of Piracy?

15.

Who is said to be the most successful buccaneer?

16.

What city did Sir Henry Morgan completely destroy in 1671?

17.

How did a pirate become captain of a ship?

18.

Which crew member had more power than the captain of the ship?

19.

What was the name of the strong pirate base in the Bahamas?

20.

How did the British government help the merchants who were tired of being attacked by pirates?