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

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2M # # E # # T D R A K E A T J
3E D # T # # S N # # # D A A A
4R N E A S # I A # # A L # R Q
5C A N G U # N L # N A E V I U
6H L G I B # O E A N T I E P E
7A D L V M # L C T O K F R G S
8N N A A U # O I B I E E R R C
9T U N N L # C A N G X R A E A
10# O D # O O C G A P O I Z E R
11# F # # C N S Y L U # C A N T
12# W # E H H O O T A # K N L I
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Word X Y Direction
ASIA  715ne
ATALANTICOCEAN  88sw
CANADA  87ne
COLONISTS  79n
COLUMBUS  511n
DRAKE  82e
ENGLAND  34s
EXPLORE  128sw
FRANCE  61w
GREENLAND  147s
ICELAND  88n
JAQUESCARTIER  151s
JOHNCABOT  314ne
LEIFERICKSON  124s
MERCHANT  12s
NAVIGATE  49n
NEWFOUNDLAND  214n
NORTHAMERICA  1215w
PIRATE  146n
ROUTES  129sw
VERRAZANO  135s
VIKINGSHIP  126sw
VOYAGE  613ne
VOYAGE  613ne