Evolution of Sailing Vessels
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Piracy
Misc.
100

Ancient and early vessels relied on THIS to supplement the use sails.

People with oars

100

This trading system connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas in a cycle of manufactured goods, enslaved people, and raw materials. 

What is the triangle trade?

100

THIS is defined as “a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.”

What is Piracy?

100

Many Clipper ships distributed cards for this reason?

What is advertisement?

I will also accept promotional/marketing materials here.

200

This is a vessel specifically built to carry mail, freight, or passengers on a regular scheduled basis. They were extremely impactful on the spread of news across oceans in a timely manner.

What is a Packet Ship?

200

Kidnapped as a child in West Africa, this formerly enslaved person wrote one of the most famous accounts of the Middle Passage, which helped fuel the British abolitionist movement.

Who was Olaudah Equiano?

200

Pirate crews used this document to accomplish the following goals

  • Allocate authority.

  • Distribute plunder, food, and other resources.

  • Enforce discipline.

What are the Articles of Agreement/What are the Pirate Codes 

200
The name for an economic system that is designed to maximize exports and minimize imports. 


Many empires use this to gather more wealth.

Mercantilism

300

This innovation in ship propulsion made coal powered steam ships a more viable option for deep ocean voyages.

 From paddles wheels to BLANK

The switch from paddles to propellers.  

300

This is the term for the process where an African was kidnapped from their home and transported to the coast of Africa? 

What is the First Passage
300

This document allowed Pirates to legally plunder vessels that belonged to opposing empires.

What is a Letter of Marque?

300

A major characteristic of mercantilism is that there is a set amount of THIS in the world, and it is not growing.

What is wealth?

400

This famous clipper ship was one of the last operational clipper ships, and is now a museum ship in London, England.

What is the Cutty Sark


400

In this 1839 event, a group of captive African people seized control of a Spanish slave ship off the coast of Cuba, leading to an 1841 U.S. Supreme Court decision that ruled they were illegally enslaved. 

What is the Amistad Case?

400

This book was a major source of fictional pirate imagery we have today. 

What is "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevens?

400

The Clipper ship "Cutty Sark" was known for partaking in this kind of race

what are the Tea races?
500

This vessel held the record for the fastest journey of any ship around Cape Horn from NY to SF. This record of 89 days and 8 hours held until 1989. 


What was the Neptune's Car? 


Navigated by Eleanor Creesy

500
About THIS percent of all enslaved people ended up in the United States, many more going to the Caribbean and South America. 

What is 6%?

500

This was the highest authority on a Pirate ship

What is the common council?

500

This type of large, multi-decked ship was often heavily armed and commonly used to transport wealth from the Americas to Europe. 

What is a Galleon?