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.

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

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1N E W F O U N D L A N D # # #
2# A S I A # R R R # # A # D #
3# T T # # # E A E # # N # E G
4# L # I # # I K R # # G V I N
5F A # # V # T E O D # E O L I
6R N # # E E R # L # L R Y A K
7A T # # R R A # P # # O A S I
8N I # # R I C M X I # U G # V
9C C # D A C A O E # R S E # #
10E # # N Z K B # L R # A # # S
11U # # A A S O # O U I # T # E
12R # # L N O T U # # M C # E C
13O # # G O N T # # # # B A # I
14P # # N # E # # # # # # U N P
15E # M E R C H A N T P I H S S
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  22e
ATLANTIC  22s
CABOT  78s
CARTIER  78n
COLUMBUS  78se
DANGEROUS  121s
DRAKE  81s
ENGLAND  415n
ERICKSON  66s
EUROPE  110s
EXPLORER  99n
FRANCE  15s
GOLD  138nw
MERCHANT  315e
NATIVEAMERICANS  88se
NEWFOUNDLAND  11e
PIRATE  97se
ROUTE  1010sw
SALIED  147n
SHIP  1415w
SPICES  1515n
VERRAZANO  55s
VIKING  158n
VOYAGE  134s