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.

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

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1# # A L L E B A S I N E E U Q # # # # #
2# # # # # # # # R O D A T S I U Q N O C
3# N I A P S E T R O C O D N A N R E H A
4F E R D I N A N D M A G E L L A N R A P
5R # A M A N A P F O S U M H T S I # M E
6A O B L A B E D Z E N U N O C S A V E O
7N # P O S # # D # # # # # # T # F A R F
8C # R L I # # # N # # # S O N # R S I G
9I # I O A # # # # A # A P # O A I C G O
10S # N P # # # # # # N H # # I D C O O O
11C N C O # # # # S S E I # # T I A D V D
12O E E C # # # E A R # # D # I R # A E H
13C W H R # # I L C # # # # R D O # G S O
14O S E A # D V O # # # # # # E L # A P P
15R P N M N A L L A G U T R O P F # M U E
16O A R I D U # # # # # # # # X # G A C #
17N I Y O M P A C I F I C O C E A N N C #
18A N R B A R T H O L O M E U D I A S I #
19D J U A N P O N C E D E L E O N # # # K
20O S T R A I T O F M A G E L L A N # # #
Word X Y Direction
AFRICA  176s
AMERIGOVESPUCCI  194s
ASIA  56s
BARTHOLOMEUDIAS  418e
CAPEOFGOODHOPE  202s
CHRISTOPHERCOLUMBUS  1111sw
CONQUISTADOR  202w
EXPEDITION  1517n
FERDINANDMAGELLAN  24e
FLORIDA  1615n
FRANCISCOCORONADO  14s
HERNANDOCORTES  193w
INDIES  416ne
ISTHMUSOFPANAMA  175w
JUANPONCEDELEON  319e
KINGFERDINAND  1918nw
MARCOPOLO  415n
NEWSPAIN  211s
PACIFICOCEAN  617e
PORTUGAL  1515w
PRINCEHENRY  37s
QUEENISABELLA  141w
SANSALVADOR  138sw
SPAIN  63w
STRAITOFMAGELLAN  220e
VASCODAGAMA  186s
VASCONUNEZDEBALBOA  166w