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.

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

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1# # C O L U M B U S # # # # A
2# # D N A L D N U O F W E N C
3# D # M F R A N C E # # A A I
4# E N # E E R O L P X E N P R
5P G # A # R L E # # C A I # E
6I A # # L O C # T O D H # D M
7R Y # S N N D H C A S # N R A
8A O # I E N E I A G G A # A H
9T V S # A T T E N N L I # K T
10E T # L # N U I R G T # V E R
11S # E # A # K O N G # # # A O
12A C # L E I F E R I C K S O N
13I # A # V E R R A Z A N O # #
14S T # T O B A C N H O J # # #
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Word X Y Direction
ASIA  115n
ATALANTICOCEAN  88ne
CANADA  152sw
COLONISTS  93sw
COLUMBUS  31e
DRAKE  146s
ENGLAND  812ne
EXPLORE  124w
FRANCE  53e
GREENLAND  1011nw
ICELAND  113ne
JAQUESCARTIER  115e
JOHNCABOT  1214w
LEIFERICKSON  412e
MERCHANT  43se
NAVIGATE  1512nw
NEWFOUNDLAND  142w
NORTHAMERICA  1512n
PIRATE  15s
ROUTES  912nw
VERRAZANO  513e
VIKINGSHIP  612ne
VOYAGE  29n
VOYAGE  29n