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.

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

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5N A # L C A B O T # I A I # #
6A # N # G R # # # R R K # # P
7L # # G O N E R E F I # O I #
8D # # U E U E M # V # N R # R
9N # T # R R A S I A A A # E #
10U E # O O E O # # Z T # I # #
11O # P L V D # U A E # T # D #
12F E P I R # # R S # R # # L #
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Word X Y Direction
ASIA  79e
ATLANTIC  133w
CABOT  55e
CARTIER  914ne
COLUMBUS  124w
DANGEROUS  14se
DRAKE  611sw
ENGLAND  78nw
ERICKSON  614e
EUROPE  77sw
EXPLORER  114ne
FRANCE  107ne
GOLD  1414n
MERCHANT  88nw
NATIVEAMERICANS  88ne
NEWFOUNDLAND  115n
PIRATE  156sw
ROUTE  66sw
SALIED  101w
SHIP  54nw
SPICES  151w
VERRAZANO  515ne
VIKING  108ne
VOYAGE  515e