Early Explorers

ASIA
ATALANTICOCEAN
CANADA
COLONISTS
COLUMBUS
DRAKE
ENGLAND
EXPLORE
FRANCE
GREENLAND
ICELAND
JAQUESCARTIER
JOHNCABOT
LEIFERICKSON
MERCHANT
NAVIGATE
NEWFOUNDLAND
NORTHAMERICA
PIRATE
ROUTES
VERRAZANO
VIKINGSHIP
VOYAGE
VOYAGE

This word search contains the names of the Early Explorers we have covered in class. It also lists some of the countries mentioned in our studies as well as describing what some of the explorers were hoping to find in their journeys.

Try to find all 24 words on this board.

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

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1# # # D R A K E T # # # # # A
2# # D N A L D N U O F W E N C
3V # # D # # A E E A I S A # I
4O C S # N H # T N # # E # P R
5Y O I T C A A E E G C # I # E
6A L C R S R L C T O L H # E M
7G U E S I I N N C A S A R # A
8E M L P E A N I E G G O N # H
9A B A # R T T O N E L I # D T
10D U N F # N U I L P R # V # R
11A S D # A # K O X O # G # A O
12N # # L E I F E R I C K S O N
13A # A # V E R R A Z A N O # #
14C T J O H N C A B O T # # # #
15A J A Q U E S C A R T I E R #
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  133w
ATALANTICOCEAN  88ne
CANADA  114n
COLONISTS  1112nw
COLUMBUS  24s
DRAKE  41e
ENGLAND  83se
EXPLORE  812ne
FRANCE  410ne
GREENLAND  1211nw
ICELAND  35s
JAQUESCARTIER  115e
JOHNCABOT  314e
LEIFERICKSON  412e
MERCHANT  28ne
NAVIGATE  1512nw
NEWFOUNDLAND  142w
NORTHAMERICA  1512n
PIRATE  48ne
ROUTES  912nw
VERRAZANO  513e
VIKINGSHIP  612ne
VOYAGE  13s
VOYAGE  13s