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Treasure Chest Cards


1.

Northmen or Norsemen
is another name for which group of pirates?

2.

How many weeks of pay is one piece-of-eight worth to a pirate?

3.

What caused the pirate city of Port Royal to slide into the Caribbean Sea?

4.

Which kind of 
ship was most 
likely to carry 
Spanish Treasure?

5.

This name was given to the coastlines of the Caribbean Islands and Florida because so much treasure was lost there.

6.

 

 

Another name for pirate booty is_____.

7.

 

Why were some pirates left on a deserted island to die?

8.


How many guns could one Man-o-War carry on its decks?

9.


Which ship was the fastest?

10.

 

Why is the pirate flag called the Jolly Roger?

11.


How did some honest men become pirates?

12.

What was the
name of the spot
where Captain Kidd's treasure is said to be buried?

13.

 

Why did Blackbeard tie lighted matches to his beard and hat?

14.

What is the name of the mountain in Oregon where pirate treasure is said to be buried?


15.

What did Jean Lafitte write on a stone near his buried treasure on Padre Island?

 

16.


What state is Padre
Island part of?

17.

Which sword was a favorite of the buccaneers?


18. 

What were the Fleets of Spanish ships carrying treasure called?

19.



What are gold Spanish coins called?

20.

What happened to
Blackbeard's head
after he was
killed?