Pirate FILL-IN-THE-BLANK Puzzle Assessment
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1. Captain Horatio, a tyrant, put down the ___________ of four sailors within minutes.Again, feel free to make a copy for use at home or in the classroom!2. Not a single sailor would dare ___________ a rebellion against the captain's orders.
3. The ___________ sailor who feared no one ordered other crew members to tie up the captain and set sail.
4. Hannah hid as soon as she saw the ___________ destroy two cabins and brandish his pistol.
5. When the ___________ pirate appeared in the doorway of his shop, the owner quaked in fear.
6. The second mate incited a ___________ along with the entire crew against the captain's rigorous demands.
7. Satisfied that he could easily ___________ the rich property, the pirate urged his crew forward.
8. Due to their ___________ means of stealing goods, merchants feared the arrival of certain pirates.
9. ___________ laws did little to protect ___________ merchant ships from defiant pirates.
10. From the mast of the ___________ hung a huge pirate flag and the vessel had two gang planks.
11. The shopkeepers expected to be ___________ when they saw ships entering the harbor with black flags.
12. Is it true that Long John Silver had a peg-leg, two daggers, three pistols and four green ___________ that usually sat on his shoulders?
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ANSWERS:
1. INSURRECTION, 2. INSTIGATE, 3. AUDACIOUS, 4. MARAUDER, 5. NOTORIOUS, 6. MUTINY, 7. PLUNDER, 8. DISREPUTABLE, 9. MARITIME, 10. GALLEON, 11. VANDALIZED, 12. PARROTS
PIRATE LESSON PLAN ideas and activities:1. Imagine how a pirate captain might have looked physically. What type of clothes did he wear? Did he have a nickname? What was his favorite drink? What was the name of his ship? How did he die?
Quiz: Can you answer the following?
2. Pirates usually had rules and regulations that were strict. Can you imagine what they might have included?
3. Some pirates were notorious and had bad reputations. Complete research on one, two, three or four of the following: Calico Jack, Anne Bonney, Mary Read, Edward Teach.
4. Name some of the locations/countries where pirates roamed and raided. Why were these areas popular? What pirates usually had a "territory?"
5. Discuss the pirate community Libertatia in Madagascar.
6. When The Queen Anne's Revenge, a ship, was salvaged in 1977, what artifacts did divers and archeologists discover?
For answers, please email jancook@vocabulary.com1. What is a gibbet?
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2. What is "Jolly Roger"?
3. Blackbeard is just a nickname. Who is the pirate? What do you know about him?
4. Black Bart is also a nickname. Who is the pirate?
5. Jean Lafitte was a pirate but also a patriot. Explain.
6. John Rackham was known as Calico Jack. Why?
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