Language and Architecture
True or False:
Legend has it that the Chinese allowed the Portuguese to settle in Macau because the Portuguese rid the area of pirates.
True!
This is the capital of East Timor
Dili
T of F? It has been difficult to document the history of women pirates because of the lack of primary texts.
True
Located in the South East of Argentinca, these islands are divided in to West and East.
Located in the western Pacific and now divided between Micronesia and Palau, this island chain was once ruled by Spain, Japan, and the U.S.—each leaving its mark—but still preserves traditions like matrilineal clans and ancient star-based navigation.
What are the Caroline Islands?
There is more than one version of why the Chinese negotiated with the Portuguese to allow them to found a settlement.
True!
According to one version, Chinese authorities granted the Portuguese the right to a trading center on the mainland because they had gotten rid of the region’s pirates.
Another version states that the Chinese government had wanted to trade with merchants who had access to goods of East Africa and India.
The Carrack 'Great Ship' sailed to Nagasaki this many times a year
Once.
Considered one of the top Romantic poets, in 1835 José Esponceda wrote a song for...
...the Pirate...
The Falkland Islands War in 1982 was defined as a reclamation of their territory by this country.
Argentina
This small island off the northern coast of Haiti—once a pirate haven after French and English colonization in the 1600s—was named “Turtle” by Christopher Columbus and later appeared in Pirates of the Caribbean and Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag.
What is Tortuga?
Macau was the seat of the Portuguese Viceroyalty of East Asia, the Estado da India.
FALSE!
It was Goa!
This medium was the most commonly used to depict the arrival of the Portuguese in Japan
Painted Screens
The contemporary image of the pirate that we have is primarily based on...
representations from fiction and film
Spanish name for Falkland Islands
Located just southeast of India, this island nation—once home to the ancient capital of Anuradhapura—became a major center of Theravada Buddhism and is known today for its tea exports and a flag featuring a golden lion holding a sword.
What is Sri Lanka?
Goa gained independence from Portugal in 1961 when the rest of India became independent from Britain.
TRUE!
They were Portugal’s major European competitor for territory and trade in Asia in the 16th-17th centuries.
Dutch
Written by Robert Louis Stephenson, this novel popularized the common image of pirates.
Treasure Island
This ship was attacked by the British. Supposedly, Argentina violated British exclusion zones around the Falklands (they didn’t)
Belgrano Battleship
This island country, located just northeast of Venezuela in the southeastern West Indies, gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1962 and is known for inventing steel-pan music and the limbo dance.
What is Trinidad and Tobago?
The Chinese Emperor would only deal with this Macau's town council, and not the official representative of the Portuguese Crown.
the cámara
Timor-Leste becomes a democratic republic in this year.
2002
What time period was considered the Golden Age of Pirates?
between 1650 and 1720 (17th and 18th Century)
At various times, the Falkland Islands have had settlements from these 4 countries.
French, British, Spanish, and Argentina
Located at the mouth of a Strait in of Iran’s Provinces, this island once served as a key trade hub linking the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean. It was seized by the Portuguese in the early 1500s, who built a coral-stone fort that still stands today, and its music and dance—like the Leiwah and Bandari—blend African and Persian traditions.
What is Hormuz Island?