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

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1E # D N A L G N E # # G M # A
2T # # # # S E T U O R E # T J
3A D R A K E A # # E R # A # A
4R N A # # G # # E C # L # # Q
5I A # I I # # N H # A E V # U
6P L C V S # L A # N # I E # E
7# D A # # A N E T S K F R C S
8# N N # N T R I T I R E R O C
9E U A D # O C S N A # R A L A
10G O D # L O I G N # # I Z U R
11A F A P C N S C # # # C A M T
12Y W X E O H E # # # # K N B I
13O E A L I C E L A N D S O U E
14V N O P T O B A C N H O J S R
15A C I R E M A H T R O N # # #
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  67nw
ATALANTICOCEAN  88sw
CANADA  36s
COLONISTS  215ne
COLUMBUS  147s
DRAKE  23e
ENGLAND  91w
EXPLORE  213ne
FRANCE  127sw
GREENLAND  121sw
ICELAND  513e
JAQUESCARTIER  151s
JOHNCABOT  1314w
LEIFERICKSON  124s
MERCHANT  131sw
NAVIGATE  28ne
NEWFOUNDLAND  214n
NORTHAMERICA  1215w
PIRATE  16n
ROUTES  112w
VERRAZANO  135s
VIKINGSHIP  126sw
VOYAGE  114n
VOYAGE  114n