Pirates Past Noon 1
What did Jack and Annie do when they first arrived at the island?
Followed Polly to the water
What Roman ruler was captured by pirates when he was a young man?
Julius Caesar
Why did Stinky and Pinky stop digging and run for the rowboat?
They thought Polly was warning them to go back to the pirate ship.
What did the Articles do for pirates on the ship?
told them how to behave on board
captain of a pirate ship
Cap'n
After Jack reached the beach, why did he go back to the tree house?
to get the pirate book he had left there
Privateers were a special kind of sea raiders who ______.
were hired by governments
Back in Frog Creek, what happened after Polly raised her bright green wings?
She turned into a beautiful old woman.
Pirates called the treasure they stole ____.
booty
land completely surrounded by water
island
After Cap'n Bones saw the medallion, he roared at Jack and Annie to ______.
tell him where the rest of the treasure was
What happened to Francis Drake after he sailed around the world?
He was knighted by the Queen and treated like a hero.
What was one reason Annie and Jack were able to hook into Morgan's magic?
Annie believed in magic so she saw the tree house.
Why did pirates try to be as scary as possible when they attacked?
They wanted the people on the other ship to surrender without a fight.
land lovers
lubbers
The treasure map read, "The gold doth lie ____."
Why was John Rackham called Calico Jack?
He liked to wear colorful clothes.
Morgan le Fay told Annie and Jack that she had been ______.
Their helpers on their tree house trips.
Which ships did the British navy use toward the end of the Golden Age?
a pirate's treasure -- usually gold coins and jewels
booty
Annie saw that the ______ was shaped like a giant whale.
island
A ship called a galley was basically a ______.
big rowboat with sails
Annie thought Morgan would be coming back because Morgan had _______.
given the medallion back to Jack
In the 1800s, piracy was almost completely wiped out because _____.
steamships could move more quickly across the sea
sea lovers; pirates on a ship under the control of the Captain
sea dogs