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

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3E G A Y O V A A # N O H # I #
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5# # T K I # G C # S A # U R #
6# # I A # R N R A K Z D B A #
7# N # S R # E E I C A E M C #
8G # # U # I X M S I R I U I #
9# T # O # # P # A R R L L T #
10# O # R # # L # F E E A O N #
11# B # E U R O P E R V S C A #
12# A # G K # R # # # A I # L #
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14# L # A # # R O U T E # C A #
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Word X Y Direction
ASIA  99n
ATLANTIC  1414n
CABOT  213n
CARTIER  147n
COLUMBUS  1311n
DANGEROUS  415n
DRAKE  815nw
ENGLAND  77n
ERICKSON  1010n
EUROPE  411e
EXPLORER  77s
FRANCE  910se
GOLD  412sw
MERCHANT  88n
NATIVEAMERICANS  88nw
NEWFOUNDLAND  1515w
PIRATE  79nw
ROUTE  714e
SALIED  1211n
SHIP  134nw
SPICES  11e
VERRAZANO  1111n
VIKING  63sw
VOYAGE  63w