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 V K D
U A N E W E V R R S R A G L E
L T T G T G K A E V T N O J C
Y L Z I L A Y K R B R G E T A
H A V P V A R E O H L E C V B
H N I J E E N I L E B R N M O
J T K I R R A D P T R O A Y T
E I I T R I S M X U M U R O T
G C N P A C I F E O F S F N U
A A G B Z K A H U R Q N A X S
Y R N A A S Z A R W I H C P E
O T Y F N O E P O Z C C V I C
V I V V O N I I P R X C A L I
Z E V I E H C D E I L A S N P
K R K Z S U B M U L O C K 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 # # D
2# A N E # # # R R # # A # L #
3# T T G T # # A E # # N O # C
4# L # I L A # K R # # G E # A
5# A V # V A R E O # # E C # B
6# N I # E E N I L E # R N # O
7# T K # R R A D P T # O A # T
8E I I # R I S M X U # U R # T
9G C N # A C I # E O # S F N #
10A A G # Z K A # U R # # A # S
11Y R # # A S # # R # I H # # E
12O T # # N O # P O # C C # # C
13V I # # O N I # P R # # A # I
14# E # # # H # D E I L A S N P
15# R # # S U B M U L O C # # S
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  77s
ATLANTIC  22s
CABOT  153s
CARTIER  29s
COLUMBUS  1215w
DANGEROUS  121s
DRAKE  81s
ENGLAND  21se
ERICKSON  66s
EUROPE  99s
EXPLORER  99n
FRANCE  139n
GOLD  124ne
MERCHANT  815ne
NATIVEAMERICANS  88se
NEWFOUNDLAND  11e
PIRATE  97nw
ROUTE  1010n
SALIED  1314w
SHIP  515ne
SPICES  1515n
VERRAZANO  55s
VIKING  35s
VOYAGE  113n