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Blackbeard the Pirate BMS Pankey

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was Blackbeard's real name?

a)

Edward Teach

b)

An Nguyen

c)

Eddie Munster

d)

Edward Beard

2.

What is the best way to identify a ship at sea?

a)

the way it looks

b)

its name

c)

its paint color

d)

its flag

3.

What was the name of Blackbeard's first ship?

a)

Royal Fortune

b)

Queen Anne's Revenge

c)

The Fancy

d)

Hispaniola

4.

Blackbeard may have been born in...

a)

Bristol, England

b)

The Admiral Benbow Inn

c)

The Samoan Islands

d)

America

5.

This word means "someone who robs ships legally for a country or government."

a)

privateer

b)

mutineer

c)

pirate

d)

savage

6.

Who was the famous pirate that Blackbeard first worked with?

a)

Captain Benjamin Hornigold

b)

Long John Silver

c)

Captain Jack Sparrow

d)

Israel Hands

7.

Why did a lot of privateers become pirates?

a)

They didn't have to share and got to keep the treasure for themselves.

b)

Privateering was very dangerous.

c)

They all wanted to be like Blackbeard.

d)

Being a pirate was a great way to meet people and make friends.

8.

Blackbeard's first ship was a French ship first called La Concorde, but he changed its name to...

a)

The Jolly Roger

b)

Queen Anne's Revenge

c)

The Hispaniola

d)

Blackbeard's Beauty

9.

When did "Edward, the sailor" become "Blackbeard the Pirate"?

a)

After Hornigold died

b)

When he killed Hornigold

c)

When he became a privateer

d)

When his mom changed his name for him

10.

Why did Blackbeard's beard look like it was on fire?

a)

He put lit fuses in it.

b)

He set it on fire.

c)

He used gun powder as a conditioner.

d)

A bomb went off in his face.

11.

Most of his victims were so afraid of him that...

a)

they ran away as fast as they could.

b)

they surrendered without fighting.

c)

they reported him to the king.

d)

they became privateers.

12.

What did Blackbeard's flag look like?

a)

A skeleton stabbing a heart and holding an hourglass

b)

A skull and bones

c)

A skeleton dancing around dead bodies

d)

His face with hearts and stars around it

13.

How many ships did Blackbeard ultimately have?

a)

four

b)

two

c)

fourteen

d)

one

14.

How many crew members did Blackbeard ultimately have?

a)

350

b)

290

c)

65

d)

4

15.

Blackbeard's ship got stuck on a...

a)

sandbar

b)

lit fuse

c)

mountain

d)

ship

16.

When his ship got stuck, Blackbeard decide to...

a)

move the treasure to other ships

b)

throw the treasure in the ocean

c)

give the treasure back

d)

give the treasure to his mom

17.

What did Blackbeard do to his crew?

a)

He left them on a island and sailed off with the treasure.

b)

He shot them and buried all of them on an island.

c)

He made them walk the plank.

d)

He fed the fishes with them.

18.

The governor of North Carolina...

a)

forgave Blackbeard

b)

hunted Blackbeard

c)

shot Blackbeard five times

d)

left Blackbeard on an island alone

19.

The governor of Virginia (Alexander Spotswood)...

a)

sent The Ranger to capture Blackbeard

b)

gave Blackbeard a new ship

c)

stole all of Blackbeard's treasure

d)

shot Blackbeard with a cannon

20.

Why did Blackbeard board (get on) The Ranger?

a)

He thought everyone was dead

b)

He thought he had won the battle

c)

Most of them were his friends

d)

They promised him some candy

21.

How did Blackbeard die?

a)

He was shot five times.

b)

He got really old and died in the hospital.

c)

He was eaten by a shark.

d)

His crew killed him.

22.

What did they do with Blackbeard's dead body?

a)

Threw it into the ocean

b)

Buried it on a sandbar

c)

Poked it with sharp sticks

d)

Kicked it a bunch of times

23.

cargo

a)

goods (things) carried by a large vehicle

b)

a car going really fast

c)

a race car driver

d)

buried treasure

24.

legend

a)

an old story that is believed to be true but cannot be proven

b)

the upper part of your leg that ends at the hip

c)

the ending of a story that makes you laugh

d)

a story about legs that isn't true

25.

pirate

a)

A person who attacks and robs ships at sea

b)

A person who runs over blind people

c)

A ghost that haunts an island

d)

a really angry person