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.

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

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2E N A V I G A T E # # O R # S
3K E A D N A L G N E # S E # U
4A W # E P I H S G N I K I V B
5R F # X C A N A D A # C T E M
6D O V P O O # # # # E I R R U
7N U O L L P C # # L # R A R L
8A N Y O O I # I A # O E C A O
9L D A R N R # N T U # F S Z C
10N L G E I A D # T N # I E A #
11E A E # S T # E # # A E U N #
12E N # # T E S # # # # L Q O A
13R D # # S # F R A N C E A # I
14G # # # T O B A C N H O J T S
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Word X Y Direction
ASIA  1515n
ATALANTICOCEAN  88nw
CANADA  55e
COLONISTS  55s
COLUMBUS  159n
DRAKE  16n
ENGLAND  103w
EXPLORE  44s
FRANCE  713e
GREENLAND  114n
ICELAND  134sw
JAQUESCARTIER  1313n
JOHNCABOT  1314w
LEIFERICKSON  1212n
MERCHANT  715e
NAVIGATE  22e
NEWFOUNDLAND  22s
NORTHAMERICA  121w
PIRATE  67s
ROUTES  127sw
VERRAZANO  144s
VIKINGSHIP  134w
VOYAGE  36s
VOYAGE  36s