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.

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

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1# # # N O R T H A M E R I C A
2# # # O A D R A K E O P O N V
3# # O S D N # # # U I L A E O
4# E N K A A # # T H U E S W Y
5# C A C N L # E S M C # I F A
6D N Z I A E S G B O O T A O G
7N A A R C C N U C T L N # U E
8A R R E # I S I O # O A # N #
9L F R F K # T B # # N H E D P
10G # E I # N A # # # I C R L I
11N # V E A C # # # # S R O A R
12E # # L N A V I G A T E L N A
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Word X Y Direction
ASIA  133s
ATALANTICOCEAN  88ne
CANADA  57n
COLONISTS  115s
COLUMBUS  141sw
DRAKE  62e
ENGLAND  112n
EXPLORE  1315n
FRANCE  29n
GREENLAND  414e
ICELAND  68n
JAQUESCARTIER  115e
JOHNCABOT  215ne
LEIFERICKSON  412n
MERCHANT  1213n
NAVIGATE  512e
NEWFOUNDLAND  142s
NORTHAMERICA  41e
PIRATE  159s
ROUTES  121sw
VERRAZANO  311n
VIKINGSHIP  410ne
VOYAGE  152s
VOYAGE  152s