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.

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

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1# # # P # # S # # # # A I S A
2# # # I G F T D R A K E A T J
3# D # R R R S N # # # D A # A
4O N M A E A I A # # A L # # Q
5N A E T E N N L # N A E V # U
6A L R E N C O E A N # I J # E
7Z D C R L E L C T # K F O N S
8A N H O A # O I S I # E H A C
9R U A L N # C U N E N R N V A
10R O N P D O B G G G O I C I R
11E F T X C M S A L U # C A G T
12V W # E U H Y A T # # K B A I
13# E A L I O N E # # # S O T E
14# N O P V D S # # # # O T E R
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Word X Y Direction
ASIA  151w
ATALANTICOCEAN  88sw
CANADA  87ne
COLONISTS  79n
COLUMBUS  215ne
DRAKE  82e
ENGLAND  128sw
EXPLORE  412n
FRANCE  62s
GREENLAND  52s
ICELAND  88n
JAQUESCARTIER  151s
JOHNCABOT  136s
LEIFERICKSON  124s
MERCHANT  34s
NAVIGATE  147s
NEWFOUNDLAND  214n
NORTHAMERICA  1215w
PIRATE  41s
ROUTES  129sw
VERRAZANO  112n
VIKINGSHIP  126sw
VOYAGE  514ne
VOYAGE  514ne