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

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1N # # D L O G N I K I V # # #
2E A S I A V O Y A G E # # # C
3W X T # # # E R I C K S O N A
4F E P I # # # R S H I P # # R
5O # P L V # # U R O U T E # T
6U # # O O E O # # A # # C # I
7N # # # R R A # # # Z A I # E
8D R A K E U E M # # B A T # R
9L # # G # N E R E O # # N # #
10A # N # G R # # T R # # A O S
11N A # L C # # # # # I # L # E
12D # A H S U B M U L O C T # C
13# N A # # # # # # # # # A # I
14D N # F R A N C E # # # # N P
15T # # E T A R I P D E I L A S
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  22e
ATLANTIC  1313n
CABOT  136sw
CARTIER  152s
COLUMBUS  1212w
DANGEROUS  112ne
DRAKE  18e
ENGLAND  78sw
ERICKSON  73e
EUROPE  79nw
EXPLORER  12se
FRANCE  414e
GOLD  71w
MERCHANT  88sw
NATIVEAMERICANS  88se
NEWFOUNDLAND  11s
PIRATE  915w
ROUTE  95e
SALIED  1515w
SHIP  94e
SPICES  1515n
VERRAZANO  62se
VIKING  121w
VOYAGE  62e