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

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2# N # P # E # # C # E O # # I
3# I A S I A R A # W # S O # R
4# C # E # H N O F # # K N # A
5E E O # C A S O L M # C A T T
6C L # L D O U G E P O I Z O E
7N A E A O N C R N L X R A B N
8A N # G D N C I U I S E R A A
9R D # L A H I M T E K F R C V
10F # A # A Y B S T N # I E N I
11# N # N # U O U T # A E V H G
12D # T # S # O V # S # L # O A
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Word X Y Direction
ASIA  33e
ATALANTICOCEAN  88nw
CANADA  92sw
COLONISTS  24se
COLUMBUS  125sw
DRAKE  514w
ENGLAND  1114w
EXPLORE  128nw
FRANCE  110n
GREENLAND  515e
ICELAND  23s
JAQUESCARTIER  1313w
JOHNCABOT  1413n
LEIFERICKSON  1212n
MERCHANT  105sw
NAVIGATE  157s
NEWFOUNDLAND  121sw
NORTHAMERICA  121w
PIRATE  151s
ROUTES  613ne
VERRAZANO  1311n
VIKINGSHIP  1210nw
VOYAGE  812nw
VOYAGE  812nw