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.

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

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1# A D A N A C O L U M B U S A
2I O N A Z A R R E V D # # T J
3C D A # # # # # O N # # A # A
4E N V # # # # Y A # # L # # Q
5L A I # # # A L E # A E V T U
6A L G # # G N T # N # I # N E
7N D A # E E A D T S K F T A S
8D N T # E R N I T I R E O H C
9R U E R I A C S N A X R B C A
10A O G P L O I G N P O I A R R
11K F # G C N S C L U # C C E T
12E W N E O H E O T A # K N M I
13# E A L I # R E I # # S H # E
14# N O P # E S S # # # O O # R
15A C I R E M A H T R O N J # #
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  715ne
ATALANTICOCEAN  88sw
CANADA  71w
COLONISTS  215ne
COLUMBUS  71e
DRAKE  18s
ENGLAND  213ne
EXPLORE  128sw
FRANCE  127sw
GREENLAND  310ne
ICELAND  12s
JAQUESCARTIER  151s
JOHNCABOT  1315n
LEIFERICKSON  124s
MERCHANT  1412n
NAVIGATE  32s
NEWFOUNDLAND  214n
NORTHAMERICA  1215w
PIRATE  410ne
ROUTES  129sw
VERRAZANO  102w
VIKINGSHIP  126sw
VOYAGE  102sw
VOYAGE  102sw