Early Explorers

ASIA
ATLANTIC
CABOT
CARTIER
COLUMBUS
DANGEROUS
DRAKE
ENGLAND
ERICKSON
EUROPE
EXPLORER
FRANCE
GOLD
MERCHANT
NATIVEAMERICANS
NEWFOUNDLAND
PIRATE
ROUTE
SALIED
SHIP
SPICES
VERRAZANO
VIKING
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 on their journeys.

Try to find all 24 words on this board.

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

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1# # # # # # # # # # # # # # N
2E G A Y O V C I T N A L T A E
3U # # # # # # # # # # # T X W
4R # T O B A C E T A R I P S F
5O # O N A Z A R R E V L U R O
6P # N O S K C I R E O B A # U
7E G N I K I V # A R M N # # N
8T N A H C R E M E U C # # # D
9D N A L G N E R L E # # # # L
10D R A K E R # O # # # # # # A
11E # I # I O C A R T I E R # N
12I # S C # U S U O R E G N A D
13L # A # # T # H # # # # O # #
14A N # # # E # # I # # # # L #
15S P I C E S # # # P # # # # D
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  313n
ATLANTIC  142w
CABOT  74w
CARTIER  711e
COLUMBUS  711ne
DANGEROUS  1512w
DRAKE  110e
ENGLAND  79w
ERICKSON  106w
EUROPE  12s
EXPLORER  152sw
FRANCE  154sw
GOLD  1212se
MERCHANT  88w
NATIVEAMERICANS  88sw
NEWFOUNDLAND  151s
PIRATE  134w
ROUTE  610s
SALIED  115n
SHIP  712se
SPICES  115e
VERRAZANO  115w
VIKING  77w
VOYAGE  62w