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.

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

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2# N # # # S P I C E S # # N #
3O T A # # # S A L I E D A # #
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5A B # P C # # # # # I T # E #
6Z A # A O R # # # R U # I # #
7A C # S I R E # E O V T # # #
8R I # H U S U M R I R # # # #
9R T # I # O A E K A # # # # E
10E N # P # E R I C K S O N # G
11V A # # V O N E N G L A N D A
12# L # I L G # # G O L D # R Y
13# T T P I R A T E N # # # A O
14# A X # # # # # # # A # # K V
15N E W F O U N D L A N D # E #
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  79nw
ATLANTIC  214n
CABOT  27n
CARTIER  910ne
COLUMBUS  124w
DANGEROUS  1215nw
DRAKE  1411s
ENGLAND  811e
ERICKSON  610e
EUROPE  89nw
EXPLORER  215ne
FRANCE  121w
GOLD  912e
MERCHANT  88nw
NATIVEAMERICANS  88ne
NEWFOUNDLAND  115e
PIRATE  413e
ROUTE  98ne
SALIED  73e
SHIP  47s
SPICES  62e
VERRAZANO  111n
VIKING  117sw
VOYAGE  1514n