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.

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

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1S J U A N P O N C E D E L E O N A # # #
2E C A P E O F G O O D H O P E # I # # #
3I # H E R N A N D O C O R T E S S V # F
4D Q # R P A C I F I C O C E A N A S R E
5N # U # I # M L # # # # # D # S P A S R
6I A # E # S O A # # # # N # C A N I A D
7C # M # E R T # G # # A # O I C # D N I
8C O # A I N # O P A N # N N I # # U S N
9U # N D N # I O P I D U # S # Y # E A A
10P # A Q # A R S D H N O C # R # X M L N
11S # # # U T P R A E E O C N # P # O V D
12E # # O U I E F Z B C R E S E # N L A M
13V # # G L F S D O O E H C D A E # O D A
14O # A # G O E T R S E L I O W V # H O G
15G L # N # B P O A C U T L S L A # T R E
16I # I # A # N O N D I M P A C U # R # L
17R K # L # A # I C O O A H I # # M A # L
18E # B # D # R # N R I R R T # # # B # A
19M O # O # P # # # N A F # # S # # # U N
20A # # # N A L L E G A M F O T I A R T S
Word X Y Direction
AFRICA  1120ne
AMERIGOVESPUCCI  120n
ASIA  174n
BARTHOLOMEUDIAS  1818n
CAPEOFGOODHOPE  22e
CHRISTOPHERCOLUMBUS  1111se
CONQUISTADOR  17se
EXPEDITION  189sw
FERDINANDMAGELLAN  204s
FLORIDA  94sw
FRANCISCOCORONADO  203sw
HERNANDOCORTES  33e
INDIES  16n
ISTHMUSOFPANAMA  1620nw
JUANPONCEDELEON  11e
KINGFERDINAND  116ne
MARCOPOLO  1220nw
NEWSPAIN  1712sw
PACIFICOCEAN  54e
PORTUGAL  98sw
PRINCEHENRY  619ne
QUEENISABELLA  35se
SANSALVADOR  195s
SPAIN  184sw
STRAITOFMAGELLAN  2020w
VASCODAGAMA  1614nw
VASCONUNEZDEBALBOA  165sw