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

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1N # # # # # # # E G A Y O V T
2E A T L A N T I C E # # # N #
3W X T # # # # # # T # E A # #
4F # P I # P I H S U P H # # #
5O # I L V # # U # O C S # V #
6U # R D O E O # R R A U G E #
7N # A L # R A U E # B B N R #
8D A T O E I E M # # O M I R #
9L I E G N C E R E # T U K A #
10A S N # G K A C # R # L I Z S
11N A # # L S # R N # I O V A E
12D # # # A O # # T A # C L N C
13# # # # N N # # # I R I A O I
14E K A R D # # # # # E F # N P
15# # # # # # # # # D # R # # S
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  211n
ATLANTIC  22e
CABOT  115s
CARTIER  69se
COLUMBUS  1212n
DANGEROUS  112ne
DRAKE  514w
ENGLAND  58s
ERICKSON  66s
EUROPE  78ne
EXPLORER  12se
FRANCE  1214nw
GOLD  49n
MERCHANT  88ne
NATIVEAMERICANS  88se
NEWFOUNDLAND  11s
PIRATE  34s
ROUTE  106n
SALIED  1510sw
SHIP  94w
SPICES  1515n
VERRAZANO  145s
VIKING  1311n
VOYAGE  141w