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.

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

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1# # K I N G F E R D I N A N D # # # # #
2I S T R A I T O F M A G E L L A N # # #
3C Q U E E N I S A B E L L A # # # # # #
4C L # B A R T H O L O M E U D I A S # #
5U # A # M A R C O P O L O # # # # # # #
6P # # G J U A N P O N C E D E L E O N #
7S # # # U # L # S A N S A L V A D O R E
8E # # # # T # O # Y R N E H E C N I R P
9V O D A N O R O C O C S I C N A R F # O
10O # # # # # # O # R # N E W S P A I N H
11G N O I T I D E P X E # # I # # A # # D
12I N D I E S # # # # # H A # # N C # A O
13R N A E C O C I F I C A P # # I I # D O
14E # # # # # # # # # # # # O # A R # I G
15M # # V A S C O D A G A M A T P F # R F
16A O B L A B E D Z E N U N O C S A V O O
17# # A M A N A P F O S U M H T S I # L E
18N A L L E G A M D N A N I D R E F R F P
19# # # # # S E T R O C O D N A N R E H A
20# # # # # # # # R O D A T S I U Q N O C
Word X Y Direction
AFRICA  1716n
AMERIGOVESPUCCI  116n
ASIA  169sw
BARTHOLOMEUDIAS  44e
CAPEOFGOODHOPE  2020n
CHRISTOPHERCOLUMBUS  1111nw
CONQUISTADOR  2020w
EXPEDITION  1111w
FERDINANDMAGELLAN  1618w
FLORIDA  1918n
FRANCISCOCORONADO  189w
HERNANDOCORTES  1919w
INDIES  112e
ISTHMUSOFPANAMA  1717w
JUANPONCEDELEON  66e
KINGFERDINAND  41e
MARCOPOLO  55e
NEWSPAIN  1210e
PACIFICOCEAN  1313w
PORTUGAL  911nw
PRINCEHENRY  208w
QUEENISABELLA  33e
SANSALVADOR  97e
SPAIN  1616n
STRAITOFMAGELLAN  22e
VASCODAGAMA  415e
VASCONUNEZDEBALBOA  1616w