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.

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

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1S # # R # # # # V I K I N G #
2H N T E E # E K A R D # # # #
3I # A O G I # # # N N # # # #
4P # S C B A T # # O A # # # D
5O # I O I A Y R # S L # # A N
6N # A L # R C O A K G # N # A
7A # # U F # E R V C N G E # L
8Z # # M R # # M E I E O T # D
9A # # B A # E # A R # L A # N
10R # # U N R # S O E O D R # U
11R O # S C # E U U # V L I # O
12E # U H E C S R # # # I P # F
13V # A T I # O # # # # # T X W
14# N # P E P C I T N A L T A E
15T # S # E # S A L I E D # # N
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  33s
ATLANTIC  1414w
CABOT  76nw
CARTIER  107nw
COLUMBUS  44s
DANGEROUS  154sw
DRAKE  112w
ENGLAND  118n
ERICKSON  1010n
EUROPE  1010sw
EXPLORER  1514nw
FRANCE  57s
GOLD  127s
MERCHANT  88sw
NATIVEAMERICANS  88nw
NEWFOUNDLAND  1515n
PIRATE  1312n
ROUTE  110se
SALIED  715e
SHIP  11s
SPICES  315ne
VERRAZANO  113n
VIKING  91e
VOYAGE  97nw