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WorksheetsBlackbeard the Pirate BMS Pankey
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What was Blackbeard's real name?
Edward Teach
An Nguyen
Eddie Munster
Edward Beard
What is the best way to identify a ship at sea?
the way it looks
its name
its paint color
its flag
What was the name of Blackbeard's first ship?
Royal Fortune
Queen Anne's Revenge
The Fancy
Hispaniola
Blackbeard may have been born in...
Bristol, England
The Admiral Benbow Inn
The Samoan Islands
America
This word means "someone who robs ships legally for a country or government."
privateer
mutineer
pirate
savage
Who was the famous pirate that Blackbeard first worked with?
Captain Benjamin Hornigold
Long John Silver
Captain Jack Sparrow
Israel Hands
Why did a lot of privateers become pirates?
They didn't have to share and got to keep the treasure for themselves.
Privateering was very dangerous.
They all wanted to be like Blackbeard.
Being a pirate was a great way to meet people and make friends.
Blackbeard's first ship was a French ship first called La Concorde, but he changed its name to...
The Jolly Roger
Queen Anne's Revenge
The Hispaniola
Blackbeard's Beauty
When did "Edward, the sailor" become "Blackbeard the Pirate"?
After Hornigold died
When he killed Hornigold
When he became a privateer
When his mom changed his name for him
Why did Blackbeard's beard look like it was on fire?
He put lit fuses in it.
He set it on fire.
He used gun powder as a conditioner.
A bomb went off in his face.
Most of his victims were so afraid of him that...
they ran away as fast as they could.
they surrendered without fighting.
they reported him to the king.
they became privateers.
What did Blackbeard's flag look like?
A skeleton stabbing a heart and holding an hourglass
A skull and bones
A skeleton dancing around dead bodies
His face with hearts and stars around it
How many ships did Blackbeard ultimately have?
four
two
fourteen
one
How many crew members did Blackbeard ultimately have?
350
290
65
4
Blackbeard's ship got stuck on a...
sandbar
lit fuse
mountain
ship
When his ship got stuck, Blackbeard decide to...
move the treasure to other ships
throw the treasure in the ocean
give the treasure back
give the treasure to his mom
What did Blackbeard do to his crew?
He left them on a island and sailed off with the treasure.
He shot them and buried all of them on an island.
He made them walk the plank.
He fed the fishes with them.
The governor of North Carolina...
forgave Blackbeard
hunted Blackbeard
shot Blackbeard five times
left Blackbeard on an island alone
The governor of Virginia (Alexander Spotswood)...
sent The Ranger to capture Blackbeard
gave Blackbeard a new ship
stole all of Blackbeard's treasure
shot Blackbeard with a cannon
Why did Blackbeard board (get on) The Ranger?
He thought everyone was dead
He thought he had won the battle
Most of them were his friends
They promised him some candy
How did Blackbeard die?
He was shot five times.
He got really old and died in the hospital.
He was eaten by a shark.
His crew killed him.
What did they do with Blackbeard's dead body?
Threw it into the ocean
Buried it on a sandbar
Poked it with sharp sticks
Kicked it a bunch of times
cargo
goods (things) carried by a large vehicle
a car going really fast
a race car driver
buried treasure
legend
an old story that is believed to be true but cannot be proven
the upper part of your leg that ends at the hip
the ending of a story that makes you laugh
a story about legs that isn't true
pirate
A person who attacks and robs ships at sea
A person who runs over blind people
A ghost that haunts an island
a really angry person
