Explorers

AFRICA
AMERIGOVESPUCCI
ASIA
BARTHOLOMEUDIAS
CAPEOFGOODHOPE
CHRISTOPHERCOLUMBUS
CONQUISTADOR
EXPEDITION
FERDINANDMAGELLAN
FLORIDA
FRANCISCOCORONADO
HERNANDOCORTES
INDIES
ISTHMUSOFPANAMA
JUANPONCEDELEON
KINGFERDINAND
MARCOPOLO
NEWSPAIN
PACIFICOCEAN
PORTUGAL
PRINCEHENRY
QUEENISABELLA
SANSALVADOR
SPAIN
STRAITOFMAGELLAN
VASCODAGAMA
VASCONUNEZDEBALBOA

In the puzzle, you will be searching for the vocabulary, places, and names of the early European explorers from Ch.5. You can use your social studies book to help.

Try to find all 27 words on this board.

D N X B J U A N P O N C E D E L E O N H
I S F E R D I N A N D M A G E L L A N E
C A U R O E L D V Q N S L A C I R F A R
C N U B A R T H O L O M E U D I A S L N
U S U U M N Y R N E H E C N I R P A L A
P A J O O U C O N Q U I S T A D O R E N
S L A Y I L L I N D I E S R D P R Y B D
E V M D B B O O S T C C J P U N T U A O
V A N H I G Z P C C W M O J B I U G S C
O D Q D Z R A W O R O I G V E A G O I O
G O R D J I O Z M C E C F P O P A W N R
I R G I N N W L J J R H O G Y S L D E T
R N A E C O C I F I C A P R U W A J E E
E X P E D I T I O N L B M O O E I O U S
M K I N G F E R D I N A N D T N S I Q X
A O B L A B E D Z E N U N O C S A V E R
L N A M A N A P F O S U M H T S I D M R
V Y U B N P A M A G A D O C S A V R O M
T N A L L E G A M F O T I A R T S V H D
P Q Q S J N E P O H D O O G F O E P A C
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Answer Key for Explorers

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1# # # # J U A N P O N C E D E L E O N H
2I S F E R D I N A N D M A G E L L A N E
3C A U R # # # # # # # # # A C I R F A R
4C N # B A R T H O L O M E U D I A S L N
5U S # # M N Y R N E H E C N I R P # L A
6P A # # O U C O N Q U I S T A D O R E N
7S L A # # L L I N D I E S # # # R # B D
8E V # D # # O O S # # # # # # N T # A O
9V A # # I # # P C C # # # # # I U # S C
10O D # # # R A # O R O # # # # A G # I O
11G O # # # I O # # C E C # # # P A # N R
12I R # # N # # L # # R H O # # S L # E T
13R N A E C O C I F I C A P R # W A # E E
14E X P E D I T I O N # # M O O E I # U S
15M K I N G F E R D I N A N D T N S # Q #
16A O B L A B E D Z E N U N O C S A V # #
17# # A M A N A P F O S U M H T S I D # #
18# # # # # # A M A G A D O C S A V R O #
19# N A L L E G A M F O T I A R T S # H #
20# # # # # # E P O H D O O G F O E P A C
Word X Y Direction
AFRICA  193w
AMERIGOVESPUCCI  116n
ASIA  1716n
BARTHOLOMEUDIAS  44e
CAPEOFGOODHOPE  2020w
CHRISTOPHERCOLUMBUS  1111nw
CONQUISTADOR  76e
EXPEDITION  114e
FERDINANDMAGELLAN  42e
FLORIDA  913nw
FRANCISCOCORONADO  32se
HERNANDOCORTES  201s
INDIES  87e
ISTHMUSOFPANAMA  1717w
JUANPONCEDELEON  61e
KINGFERDINAND  315e
MARCOPOLO  1314nw
NEWSPAIN  1615n
PACIFICOCEAN  1313w
PORTUGAL  175s
PRINCEHENRY  175w
QUEENISABELLA  1914n
SANSALVADOR  22s
SPAIN  98sw
STRAITOFMAGELLAN  1719w
VASCODAGAMA  1718w
VASCONUNEZDEBALBOA  1616w