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Reading Questions

Choose the best answer.

1. Who is a pirate?
a. a person who protects sailors in the ocean
b. a person who cooks for sailors

c. a person who robs on the high seas
d. a person who steals in foreign countries

2. When was the most active period for pirates?

a. between the 1400s and 1500s
b. between the 1500s and 1700s
c. between the 1400s and 1700s

d. between the 1500s and 1800s

3. What happened when privateers raided and captured the commercial
ships of unfriendly or enemy countries?

a. They were sent to prison.
b. They killed all sailors on those ships right away.
c. They shared the booty with the government they served.
d. The government gave them gold medals.

4. How are the Vikings different from the Barbary pirates?
a. The Vikings were victims of the Barbary pirates.
b. The Vikings were active on land, but the Barbary pirates were active on
sea.

c. The Vikings were active along the coast of northern Europe, but the
Barbary pirates were active along the Barbary Coast.
d. The Vikings cooperated with their country’s governments, but the Barbary

pirates did not.

5. Based on the reading, pirates will probably disappear
a. if many countries condemn them

b. if each ship sailing across the ocean pays a small fee to the pirates
c. if ships stop carrying goods and valuables across the ocean
d. if ships sail with police officers

6. In the reading, the word crew means

a. people operating or serving aboard a ship
b. people who work for pirates
c. people fighting against pirates
d. male sailors

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