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.

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

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1# # N A V I G A T E # T # # A
2# # # # S U B M U L O C G T J
3V D R A K E E # # B # R A # A
4O N C # # R # # A E E L # # Q
5Y A A # C # # C C E A E V # U
6A L N H # # N N N N # I E # E
7G D A # # H A L T S K F R I S
8E N D # O R A I T I D E R C C
9T U A J F N C S N N X R A E A
10A O A # D O I G A P O I Z L R
11R F I # C N S L L U # C A A T
12I W S E O H G O T # # K N N I
13P E A L I N R E # # # S O D E
14# N O P E E S # # # # O # # R
15A C I R E M A H T R O N # # #
Word X Y Direction
ASIA  313n
ATALANTICOCEAN  88sw
CANADA  34s
COLONISTS  215ne
COLUMBUS  122w
DRAKE  23e
ENGLAND  514ne
EXPLORE  128sw
FRANCE  59ne
GREENLAND  132sw
ICELAND  147s
JAQUESCARTIER  151s
JOHNCABOT  49ne
LEIFERICKSON  124s
MERCHANT  82sw
NAVIGATE  31e
NEWFOUNDLAND  214n
NORTHAMERICA  1215w
PIRATE  113n
ROUTES  129sw
VERRAZANO  135s
VIKINGSHIP  126sw
VOYAGE  13s
VOYAGE  13s