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.

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

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1V A S C O D A G A M A # # # # # # # # #
2I S N A L L E G A M D N A N I D R E F #
3C J U A N P O N C E D E L E O N # # R #
4C N # B A R T H O L O M E U D I A S A #
5U I # # M Y R N E H E C N I R P # # N #
6P A # # Q U E E N I S A B E L L A # C #
7S P # # # # L D N A N I D R E F G N I K
8E S T R A I T O F M A G E L L A N # S #
9V # # # # # # # C L # F # # # # E # C R
10O # # # # # # # # R O # R # # # W # O O
11G N O I T I D E P X E R # I # # S # C D
12I N D I E S # # # # # H I # C # P # O A
13R N A E C O C I F I C A P D # A A # R T
14E # S A N S A L V A D O R O A # I # O S
15M A R C O P O L O # # # # # T # N # N I
16A O B L A B E D Z E N U N O C S A V A U
17S # A M A N A P F O S U M H T S I # D Q
18I L A G U T R O P # # # # # # # # R O N
19A # # # # S E T R O C O D N A N R E H O
20# # # # # # E P O H D O O G F O E P A C
Word X Y Direction
AFRICA  118se
AMERIGOVESPUCCI  116n
ASIA  116s
BARTHOLOMEUDIAS  44e
CAPEOFGOODHOPE  2020w
CHRISTOPHERCOLUMBUS  1111nw
CONQUISTADOR  2020n
EXPEDITION  1111w
FERDINANDMAGELLAN  182w
FLORIDA  98se
FRANCISCOCORONADO  192s
HERNANDOCORTES  1919w
INDIES  112e
ISTHMUSOFPANAMA  1717w
JUANPONCEDELEON  33e
KINGFERDINAND  197w
MARCOPOLO  115e
NEWSPAIN  178s
PACIFICOCEAN  1313w
PORTUGAL  918w
PRINCEHENRY  165w
QUEENISABELLA  66e
SANSALVADOR  314e
SPAIN  28n
STRAITOFMAGELLAN  28e
VASCODAGAMA  11e
VASCONUNEZDEBALBOA  1616w