Ancient Piracy/Vikings
Answer: Leistes (OR Pierates, Katapontistes)
The main port city in which Ottoman Corsairs worked out of
Algiers
This English pirate was known for circumnavigating the world, and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth
Francis Drake
The name of the long war between the Spanish and the Low Countries
80 Years War
The Buccaneers derive their name from____
The Bucan, a way to cook meat derived from Taino Indigenous groups
The Roman emperor captured by pirates.
A group of corsairs flying under Chrisitan flags who opposed Islam in the Mediterranean
Knights of Malta
The Spanish treasure fleet. (Bonus: 100pts. Name the places in which the fleet circulated)
The Flota. Bonus: Carried silver from the mines of Potosí, through panama, split up, reconvened in Havana, and then off to Seville or Cadiz).
The Dutch searched for this good in Punta de Araya
Salt
Important base for buccaneers, contested space between the Spanish, English, French, and Dutch
Tortuga
The statesmen who termed the definition, "A common enemy of all mankind"
Answer: Cicero
People/captive trade, ransom
The French pirate who captured the first treasure ships returning to spain. (Bonus: 50: Which conquistador sent the treasure back to Spain)
Jean Fleury, Bonus: Hernan Cortes
Which famous Dutch pirate was the ONLY pirate to capture part of the treasure fleet
Piet Heyn
The "wickedest city on earth"
Bonus: What happened to this city? 50 points
Port Royal
Answer: Earthquake, 1692
The location of the first Viking raid in 793
Answer: Lindisfarne
A treaty which divided newly "discovered" lands between Portugal and Spain, giving Spain open access to most of the Americas, and leading Portugal to colonize Brazil and the African Coast
Treaty of Tordesillas
The French pirate who attacked Havanna in 1555
Jaime Bois
Short answer: Describe the VOC
Kelsey will evaluate response
Henry Morgan contested which account for libel? (Bonus 100pts) Note one of the places in the text that was contested -describe, no page numbers needed)
Exquemelin's "Buccaneers of America"
Practice Short Answer: What is the definition of a viking?
Answer evaluated by Kelsey
Occupying Goa, Malacca, and Ormuz, this empire first entered into the elusive spice trade in the Indian and Pacific Oceans
Portuguese Empire
Name three notable sea dogs. Bonus (50 each) to name a notable event that they participated in.
o Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596)
o Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618)
o Sir John Hawkins (1532-1595)
o Sir Richard Grenville (1542-1591)
o Sir Richard Hawkins (1562-1622)
o Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1539-1583)
The May 9, 1624 Attacks on Salvador and Lima by the Dutch represented what aspect of their imperial plan
The grand design
This governor of Jamaica was sent to England to be tried for his participation and support of piratical activity, arguing that pirates were essential for the economy of Jamaica, and, if they were kicked out of Jamaica they would simply give their money to the French.
Thomas Modyford