| A | B |
|---|
| Piracy | Robbery committed at sea, or sometimes on the shore. |
| Blackbeard | A famous pirate |
| Mutineer | A sailor who tries to take over a ship. |
| Booty | Treasure, gold, or jewels! |
| Lubbers | People who are NOT pirates. |
| Buccaneers | Pirates from the Carribean. |
| Piece of Eight | Spanish gold dollars worth eight Spanish escudos each |
| Ransom | Money demanded for the return of a captured person. |
| Jolly Roger | The Pirate Flag |
| The Pirate Code | The laws invented for governing pirates |
| Rigging | Ropes on a ship. |
| Bow | The front of a ship. |
| Aft | Going toward the back of a ship. |
| Stern | The back of the ship. |
| Cutlass | A pirate sword. |
| Hold | The lowest part of a ship. |
| Mainmast | The chief, and tallest mast of a sailing ship that has more than one mast |
| Sloop | A sailing vessel with a single mast. |
| Mainsail | The most important sail raised from the main (or only) mast of a sailing vessel |
| Spanish Main | The entirety of the Caribbean region and surrounding land. |
| Galleon | A large vessel with three masts. |
| Hull | The body of a ship |
| Musket | A muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel. |
| Pistol | A gun that is held and fired with one hand |
| Barnacles | These marine crusteans cling to the sides of ships. |
| Seven Seas | All of the oceans of the world. |
| El Dorado | Legendary City of Gold |
| Gale | A very strong, wild wind. |
