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.

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

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1# # # # C A N A D A # A I S A
2D N A L N E E R G # # # E T J
3E D T O B A C N H O J T A # A
4G N # # S # N # # # A L # D Q
5A A T # U # A # # G A E V N U
6Y L N E B # R # I N # I E A E
7O D A R M # F V T S K F R L S
8V N H O U # A I T I # E R G C
9O U C L L N C S N C P R A N A
10Y O R P O O I G S E I I Z E R
11A F E X C N S E # L R C A # T
12G W M E O H T # # A A K N # I
13E E A L I U # # # N T S O # E
14# N O P O E K A R D E O # # R
15A C I R E M A H T R O N # # #
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  151w
ATALANTICOCEAN  88sw
CANADA  51e
COLONISTS  215ne
COLUMBUS  511n
DRAKE  1014w
ENGLAND  1410n
EXPLORE  412n
FRANCE  77n
GREENLAND  92w
ICELAND  108s
JAQUESCARTIER  151s
JOHNCABOT  113w
LEIFERICKSON  124s
MERCHANT  312n
NAVIGATE  69ne
NEWFOUNDLAND  214n
NORTHAMERICA  1215w
PIRATE  119s
ROUTES  415ne
VERRAZANO  135s
VIKINGSHIP  126sw
VOYAGE  18n
VOYAGE  18n