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

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1A S U B M U L O C # # # E # A
2J T D D # E X P L O R E T # D
3A # A N N # R O U T E S A D A
4Q O # L A A # C # # T # G N N
5U N # E A L L # H S # # I A A
6E A D I # N G N I A # # V L C
7S Z N F D # T N E # N O A D #
8C A A E # R O I E E Y T N N E
9A R L R # L A # C A R # # U C
10R R E I O # # K G O # G A O N
11T E C C # # # E E # C # I F A
12I V I K I N G S H I P E S W R
13E # # S # # E T A R I P A E F
14R # J O H N C A B O T # # N #
15# # # N O R T H A M E R I C A
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  1313n
ATALANTICOCEAN  88se
CANADA  156n
COLONISTS  411ne
COLUMBUS  91w
DRAKE  57se
ENGLAND  98nw
EXPLORE  62e
FRANCE  1513n
GREENLAND  1210nw
ICELAND  312n
JAQUESCARTIER  11s
JOHNCABOT  314e
LEIFERICKSON  44s
MERCHANT  51se
NAVIGATE  138n
NEWFOUNDLAND  1414n
NORTHAMERICA  415e
PIRATE  1213w
ROUTES  73e
VERRAZANO  212n
VIKINGSHIP  112e
VOYAGE  136sw
VOYAGE  136sw