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.

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

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2# # O # O # F # # E # # # N P
3# T L # # N R # # T # # A # I
4# O U # # # A # # U # C # D C
5# B M # # # N Z # O I A E N E
6# A B A # # C # A R # R G A S
7# C U S I # E # E R # T A L H
8# I S E U S # M R # R I Y G I
9# T D T # O A E E # # E O N P
10# N L A # E R U # R # R V E #
11# A O R V O R E R I C K S O N
12# L G I L O # # G # # H # # #
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Word X Y Direction
ASIA  79nw
ATLANTIC  214n
CABOT  27n
CARTIER  124s
COLUMBUS  31s
DANGEROUS  1215nw
DRAKE  101w
ENGLAND  1410n
ERICKSON  811e
EUROPE  99sw
EXPLORER  215ne
FRANCE  72s
GOLD  312n
MERCHANT  88se
NATIVEAMERICANS  88ne
NEWFOUNDLAND  115e
PIRATE  413n
ROUTE  106n
SALIED  151w
SHIP  156s
SPICES  151s
VERRAZANO  1310nw
VIKING  1014w
VOYAGE  1310n