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.

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

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1# # # # # G N I K I V R # # S
2# V E R R A Z A N O E # # N P
3# O # # E N # # # I # # A # I
4D Y # D P O # # T # # C # # C
5N A # L O S # R # # I O # # E
6A G N O R K A # # R # L # # S
7L E # G U C # R E # T U # # A
8D R A K E I E M # # O M # # L
9N E T U O R A N E # B B # # I
10U # # # O E O S G R A U # # E
11O # # L V # # U I L C S # # D
12F # P I R A T E S A A H H # #
13W X T # # # # # # # # N A I #
14E A T L A N T I C # # # D N P
15N # # # # # # # E C N A R F T
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  79se
ATLANTIC  214e
CABOT  1111n
CARTIER  67ne
COLUMBUS  124s
DANGEROUS  14se
DRAKE  18e
ENGLAND  78se
ERICKSON  610n
EUROPE  58n
EXPLORER  114ne
FRANCE  1415w
GOLD  47n
MERCHANT  88se
NATIVEAMERICANS  88ne
NEWFOUNDLAND  115n
PIRATE  312e
ROUTE  69w
SALIED  156s
SHIP  1211se
SPICES  151s
VERRAZANO  22e
VIKING  111w
VOYAGE  22s