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.

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

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2R E I T R A C I T N A L T A E
3# # # # # # # # U # # # T N W
4# # # # # # # # O # # I G # F
5# # O N A Z A R R E V L O # O
6# C N O S K C I R E A # L # U
7# O # # G A I S A N E # D # N
8# L # T N # # M D # P # # # D
9# U # O I # E X P L O R E R L
10D M # B K R # I # # R # A # A
11E B # A I # R # # # U K # # N
12I U # C V A S U O R E G N A D
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Word X Y Direction
ASIA  97w
ATLANTIC  142w
CABOT  412n
CARTIER  72w
COLUMBUS  26s
DANGEROUS  1512w
DRAKE  158sw
ENGLAND  152sw
ERICKSON  106w
EUROPE  1112n
EXPLORER  79e
FRANCE  914e
GOLD  134s
MERCHANT  11e
NATIVEAMERICANS  88sw
NEWFOUNDLAND  151s
PIRATE  99sw
ROUTE  95n
SALIED  115n
SHIP  712s
SPICES  115e
VERRAZANO  115w
VIKING  512n
VOYAGE  1315w