Explorers

AFRICA
AMERIGOVESPUCCI
ASIA
BARTHOLOMEUDIAS
CAPEOFGOODHOPE
CHRISTOPHERCOLUMBUS
CONQUISTADOR
EXPEDITION
FERDINANDMAGELLAN
FLORIDA
FRANCISCOCORONADO
HERNANDOCORTES
INDIES
ISTHMUSOFPANAMA
JUANPONCEDELEON
KINGFERDINAND
MARCOPOLO
NEWSPAIN
PACIFICOCEAN
PORTUGAL
PRINCEHENRY
QUEENISABELLA
SANSALVADOR
SPAIN
STRAITOFMAGELLAN
VASCODAGAMA
VASCONUNEZDEBALBOA

In the puzzle, you will be searching for the vocabulary, places, and names of the early European explorers from Ch.5. You can use your social studies book to help.

Try to find all 27 words on this board.

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

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1A # # N A L L E G A M D N A N I D R E F
2C # # # # # E P O H D O O G F O E P A C
3I N I A P S E T R O C O D N A N R E H F
4R # # # V A S C O D A G A M A # # R # R
5F # A M A N A P F O S U M H T S I # K A
6A O B L A B E D Z E N U N O C S A V I N
7M # S A N S A L V A D O R # T # S # N C
8E # # O L O P O C R A M # O # # I # G I
9R N A E C O C I F I C A P # # # A N F S
10I # # # # P R I N C E H E N R Y I L E C
11G N O I T I D E P X E # # # # A O # R O
12O # D # # # # O # R # # # # P R # # D C
13V # # I # # R # C # # # # S I # # # I O
14E # # # E T # O # # # # W D # # # # N R
15S # # # U S L # # # # E A # # # # # A O
16P # # G J U A N P O N C E D E L E O N N
17U # A # M # R O D A T S I U Q N O C D A
18C L # B A R T H O L O M E U D I A S # D
19C Q U E E N I S A B E L L A # # # # # O
20I S T R A I T O F M A G E L L A N # # #
Word X Y Direction
AFRICA  16n
AMERIGOVESPUCCI  16s
ASIA  176s
BARTHOLOMEUDIAS  418e
CAPEOFGOODHOPE  202w
CHRISTOPHERCOLUMBUS  1111sw
CONQUISTADOR  1817w
EXPEDITION  1111w
FERDINANDMAGELLAN  191w
FLORIDA  199sw
FRANCISCOCORONADO  203s
HERNANDOCORTES  193w
INDIES  110se
ISTHMUSOFPANAMA  175w
JUANPONCEDELEON  616e
KINGFERDINAND  196s
MARCOPOLO  128w
NEWSPAIN  1116ne
PACIFICOCEAN  139w
PORTUGAL  911sw
PRINCEHENRY  610e
QUEENISABELLA  319e
SANSALVADOR  37e
SPAIN  63w
STRAITOFMAGELLAN  220e
VASCODAGAMA  54e
VASCONUNEZDEBALBOA  166w