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.

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

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1E G A Y O V I K I N G # # # N
2R E I T R A C I T N A L T A E
3# # E C N A R F # # # # T U W
4# # # # # S A L I E D I R E F
5# # O N A Z A R R E V O T # O
6# # N O S K C I R E P A # # U
7# # # # # A I S A E R # # # N
8T N A H C R E M # I E K A R D
9D N A L G N E X P L O R E R L
10S H I P # R O U T E # # # # A
11E # # # I # # C A B O T # # N
12C # # C # # S U O R E G N A D
13I # A # # # # # # # # O # # #
14P N # # # # # # # # # L # # #
15S # # C O L U M B U S D # # #
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  97w
ATLANTIC  142w
CABOT  811e
CARTIER  72w
COLUMBUS  415e
DANGEROUS  1512w
DRAKE  158w
ENGLAND  79w
ERICKSON  106w
EUROPE  152sw
EXPLORER  79e
FRANCE  83w
GOLD  1212s
MERCHANT  88w
NATIVEAMERICANS  88sw
NEWFOUNDLAND  151s
PIRATE  99ne
ROUTE  610e
SALIED  64e
SHIP  110e
SPICES  115n
VERRAZANO  115w
VIKING  61e
VOYAGE  61w