Early Explorers

ASIA
ATALANTICOCEAN
CANADA
COLONISTS
COLUMBUS
DRAKE
ENGLAND
EXPLORE
FRANCE
GREENLAND
ICELAND
JAQUESCARTIER
JOHNCABOT
LEIFERICKSON
MERCHANT
NAVIGATE
NEWFOUNDLAND
NORTHAMERICA
PIRATE
ROUTES
VERRAZANO
VIKINGSHIP
VOYAGE
VOYAGE

This word search contains the names of the Early Explorers we have covered in class. It also lists some of the countries mentioned in our studies as well as describing what some of the explorers were hoping to find in their journeys.

Try to find all 24 words on this board.

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

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1E # # T A # S # V O Y A G E A
2K # # N # I T D # # # # A T J
3A D # A # S S N # # # D A # A
4R N # H S E I A # # A L # # Q
5D A D C U T N L # N A E V N U
6N L N R B U O E A N X I E A E
7A D A E M O L C T P K F R V S
8L N L M U R O I L I R E R I C
9N U G # L # C O N A # R A G A
10E O N # O O R G N # # I Z A R
11E F E # C E S C # # # C A T T
12R W # E # H E # # # # K N E I
13G E A P I R A T E # # S O # E
14# N # P T O B A C N H O J # R
15A C I R E M A H T R O N # # #
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  84nw
ATALANTICOCEAN  88sw
CANADA  87ne
COLONISTS  79n
COLUMBUS  511n
DRAKE  15n
ENGLAND  311n
EXPLORE  125sw
FRANCE  127sw
GREENLAND  113n
ICELAND  88n
JAQUESCARTIER  151s
JOHNCABOT  1314w
LEIFERICKSON  124s
MERCHANT  48n
NAVIGATE  145s
NEWFOUNDLAND  214n
NORTHAMERICA  1215w
PIRATE  413e
ROUTES  68n
VERRAZANO  135s
VIKINGSHIP  126sw
VOYAGE  91e
VOYAGE  91e